Category: Audiobooks

  Title: Inferno (Robert Langdon #4) Author: Dan Brown Reader: Paul Michael Category: Mystery/Thriller Audio published: May 14, 2013 by Random House Audio Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered. I talked a little the other day about my experience listening to Inferno. I'm not going to repeat myself here, because repetition is annoying, as I learned listening to this one. So, go back and read that my post from last Wednesday if you want to know why I think reading...

I'm an audiobook addict. I love listening while I'm working around the house, walking the dog, running, doing cross-stitch. I hate to admit that sometimes I get annoyed when my family wants me to actually listen and respond to what they're saying rather than just leaving me in whatever audiobook world I'm in. The only place I don't listen to them is in my car and only because it doesn't have one of those little jacks to plug my player into, unlike my husband's car. Right now I'm listening to Inferno by Dan Brown. I enjoy the Langdon series for what it is. They're fun, action-packed with a bit of a religious/historical bent, and I like how they tend to take us on tours of Washington or Florence or whatever city they're set in. I'm not expecting fabulous writing, I want a quick-moving plot, a "follow the clues" hunt. Inferno fits my expectations, but this is the first in the series I've listened to rather than read...

Title: Five Ring Circus (Scobie Malone #15) Author: Jon Cleary Reader: Shaun Grindell Category: Mystery Audio published: Sept 1, 2013 by AudioGo (First published 1999) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon Audible When Australian homicide detective Inspector Scobie Malone is treating his family to dinner at one of Sydney’s best Chinese restaurants, a masked killer suddenly enters and shoots three men dining nearby. The stakes are raised when Scobie finds out that one of the victims was an investor in the multimillion-dollar construction project Olympic Tower, built to house VIPs during the 2000 Olympic Games. But in the midst of union disputes and an economic slump, the tower is still unfinished. Scobie has stumbled upon a scam that could show Sydney’s underbelly as much as it shows its seedy characters—from former Chinese government men to the mysterious Madame Tzu. Even as the Olympics approach, sportsmanship is nowhere to be found. I enjoy Scobie Malone mysteries. He's a good character, an honest, hard-working detective. His family also gets their share of...

Title: The Brothers of Baker Street (Baker Street Letters #2) Author: Michael Robertson Reader: Simon Vance Category: Mystery Audio published: March 1, 2011 by Blackstone Audio Rating: 3½ out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository When brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath choose 221B Baker Street as the location for their law office, they don’t expect that their new office space would come with one huge stipulation, answering the letters sent to Sherlock Holmes, the most famous resident of that address. Reggie is distressed because the love of his life, actress Laura Rankin (whom Nigel also adores), is gallivanting around with media mogul Lord Buxton. And while Reggie is working on a new case involving one of London’s Black Cab drivers who is accused of murdering two American tourists, the letters to Sherlock Holmes are piling up. There's even one from someone who claims to be the descendent of Professor James Moriarty. I first met Reggie, Nigel and Laura in The Baker Street Letters, which I...