Audiobooks I'm currently enjoying.
I switch from one to another according to mood. The stories are so different, I don't mix them up!
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny, Macmillan Audio, 2024.
Genre: police procedural; 19th in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, set in a fictional village in Quebec
Book description: A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list—and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization that something much more sinister than any one murder is fast approaching.
Genre: historical fiction, WWII Malaya
Book description:
A Malayan mother becomes a spy for the Japanese forces during WWII. The story begins in 1935 when Cecily first meets the Japanese general who persuades her to spy in English-occupied Malaya, forward to 1945 when the Japanese fully invaded Malaya, with devastating consequences for the local population.
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai October 7, 2024; Books on Tape
Genre: magical realism, mystery, Japanese
Description: Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner, run by Chef Nagare and his daughter, Koishi. The father-daughter duo have reinvented themselves as “food detectives.” Through their culinary sleuthing, they revive lost recipes and rekindle forgotten memories.
Audiobook next on my list
Genre: rom com, Key West, Fla.
Description: Video producer Kate must work to film Hutch in Key West, with Aunt Rue and her Great Dane adding to the mix. This rom com is filled with swim lessons, heliciptor flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses. The trope is a hate-love one.
Description: Video producer Kate must work to film Hutch in Key West, with Aunt Rue and her Great Dane adding to the mix. This rom com is filled with swim lessons, heliciptor flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses. The trope is a hate-love one.
Audiobook finished
Her Hiding Place by Shannon Hollinger, Jan. 31, 2025; Bookouture
Source: library
Genre: suspense, psychological thriller
My review: Excellent plotting and narration in this audiobook version of the suspense novel. Charlotte and her little girl Alice are in hiding from their abusers at an island resort where Charlotte is a housecleaner. Living in a run down room in the attic, where Alice hides, Charlotte keeps her employers and fellow staff from finding about the child.
A storm that becomes a raging hurricane cuts them all off from the mainland, as one death follows another in the resort. The realization that there is a murderer among them has Charlotte fearing for herself and for little Alice. Not knowing who to trust is the key to the suspense for Charlotte in this locked-room type mystery.
I thought the characters and the storytelling as well as the storm trope made this a really good thriller.
What are you reading or listening to this March?
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