Category: audiobooks (Page 13 of 94)

November Round Up

December 9, 2021 / Kaetrin

Monthly Mini Review

The Tyack & Frayne series by Harper Fox Well… less of a review and more of a series recommendation really. As you might know, I attempted to cut off the top of one of my fingers a few weeks ago and the recovery period has left me struggling with typing. As a result I took a break from review books while I recovered (well, mostly recovered) and read/listened to things already on my TBR/TBL. As much as it is a privilege and pleasure to read review books and have early access to them, it is also a delight to read or listen just for fun.

One of the fantastic things I did over the past few weeks was listen to all of the Tyack & Frayne mysteries by Harper Fox. The entire series is not available on audio yet (alas), but the first 7 book are and – joy of joys, they’re all available in the Audible Plus catalogue. (Also at the time of writing this, book 1 is available to buy for only $3.99.) The series is built around Cornish local police officer, Gideon Frayne and Lee Tyack, a clairvoyant who is called in by the Truro police to consult on the disappearance of a young girl from Gideon’s village. There are mysterious and spooky goings on and along the way, Gideon and Lee fall deeply in love. Each of the available audiobooks is self-contained – no cliffhangers – but they do need to be consumed in order as they build one upon the other.

I love the connection Gideon and Lee have and I also enjoy the Cornish setting and the use of local myth and legend which adds to the atmosphere. Continue reading

Review at AudioGals

December 8, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Heartscape by Garrett Leigh, narrated by Michael Dean and Dan Calley. I had trouble with an accent one of the narrators used for a main character.

Review at AudioGals

November 3, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Sailor Proof by Annabeth Albert, narrated by Greg Boudreaux & Joel Leslie. Fluffy and angst-free with a duo of fantastic narrators.

October Round Up

November 1, 2021 / Kaetrin

Monthly Mini Review

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule, narrated by Lorelei King – B I picked this audiobook up via my library. Lorelei King is a favourite narrator (she does the Mercy Thompson series) but I admit it threw me a little when Ted Bundy sounded like Adam Hauptmann!

I admit I knew little about Ted Bundy before this. (Hello. Australian.) I knew of him of course and that he was a serial killer but beyond that, not much else. Wow. What an animal he was. Cruel, vicious and manipulative. Ugh.

There’s an extra layer to this book though. Ann Rule was his friend. They met when they worked together at a crisis helpline. As I was listening there was a kind of meta layer to it and I spent a bit of time thinking about her relationship with Bundy and trying to put myself in her place. I think I would not have stuck by him or sent him money for cigarettes and postage stamps in jail. I think I would have washed my hands of him. That she did not was… a choice.

There are a number of afterwords which update events beyond the original ending of the book and take the story to Bundy’s execution in 1989. That last one seemed to shift in tone to more condemnation of Bundy than the original book did. I wondered about why that was. Continue reading

Review at AudioGals

October 27, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Dangerous Ground by Rachel Grant, narrated by Eva Kaminsky, A. T. Chandler & Michelle Yatchmeneff. An absolute corker.

Review at AudioGals

October 23, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Survival Instinct by Fiona Quinn, narrated by James Cavenaugh. This time Caz and I team up to share our thoughts. I liked it a lot. Caz hated it. I’m still laughing.