Audiobook Review: Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino

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Title: Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo #2) Author:Keigo Higashino Translator: Alexander O. Smith Reader:  David Pittu Category: Mystery Audio published: October 2, 2012 by Macmillan Audio (First published 2008) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies.  His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect—except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime.  His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty.  While Utsumi’s instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter.  So she does what her boss has done for years when stymied—she calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa. But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture...
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Thursday’s Tale: Pi’s Watercourse

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Today's story comes from Hawaii. "Pi's Watercourse" is one of the tales of the Menehunes. The Menehunes are said to be a people, sometimes described as small in size, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Islands, far from the eyes of normal humans. Their favorite food is bananas, but they also like fish. They were superb craftspeople. Legends say that the Menehune built temples, fishponds, roads, canoes, and houses. They are said to have lived in Hawaii before settlers arrived from Polynesia. Pi was an ordinary man living in Waimea, Kauai, who wanted to build a dam across the Waimea River and a watercourse from there to a point near Kikiaola. When he picked the best lace for it, he went up to the mountains and ordered all the Menehunes that were living near Puukapele to prepare stones for the dam and stream. The Menehunes were divided, some to gather stones and others to cut them. All the material was...
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Top Ten Things that Make My Life as a Blogger Easier

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Top Ten Things that Make My Life as a Blogger Easier My husband - He may not be a reader, but he encourages my blogging and pretends to be interested when I change my template or something Goodreads - Not only does it have blurbs, it also lets me keep track of my lists of books to read, books I've read, books I've received last month FictFact - Keeps track of my series, where I'm at, which ones I've read Google Calendar - for specific tour dates/guest posts/giveawas NetGalley - A great source for e-ARCs Audiobook Jukebox - Great for audiobook lovers Library - Who doesn't love the library? Bloglovin'/Twitter/Facebook - All ways I keep up with other folks. I love the community part of blogging. Coffee and chocolate - They make life in general easier, so that counts, right? Good books Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish....
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Review: The Red Queen Dies by Frankie Y. Bailey

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Title: The Red Queen Dies Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Category: Mystery Published: September 10, 2013 Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository The year is 2019, and a drug used to treat soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, nicknamed "Lullaby," has hit the streets. Swallowing a little pill erases traumatic memories, but what happens to a criminal trial when the star witness takes a pill and can't remember the crime? When two women are murdered in quick succession, biracial police detective Hannah McCabe is charged with solving the case. In spite of the advanced technology, including a city-wide surveillance program, a third woman is soon killed, and the police begin to suspect that a serial killer is on the loose. But the third victim, a Broadway actress known as “The Red Queen,” doesn’t fit the pattern set by the first two murders. With the late September heat sizzling, Detective Hannah McCabe and her colleagues on the police force have to race...
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