Hermit By: S. R. White Narrated by: Helen Walsh Series: Hermit, Book 1 Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins Unabridged Audiobook
Summary He disappeared for 15 years...until the morning of the murder.
After the puzzling death of a shopkeeper in rural Australia, troubled detective Dana Russo has just 12 hours to interrogate the prime suspect - a silent, inscrutable man found at the scene of the crime, who simply vanished 15 years earlier.
Where has he been? And just how dangerous is he? Without conclusive evidence linking him to the killing, Dana must race against time to persuade him to speak. But over a series of increasingly intense interviews, Dana is forced to confront her own past if she wants him to reveal the shocking truth.
Compulsive, atmospheric and stunningly accomplished, Hermit introduces a thrilling new voice in Australian crime fiction, perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Chris Hammer.
Bad Debts A Jack Irish Thriller, Book 1 By: Peter Temple Narrated by: Marco Chiappi Series: Jack Irish, Book 1 Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins Unabridged Audiobook
Summary From the award-winning author of The Broken Shore.
Meet Jack Irish, criminal lawyer, debt collector, football lover, turf watcher, trainee cabinetmaker, and the best Australian crime character we've seen in years.
When Jack receives a puzzling message from a jailed ex-client, he's too deep in misery over Fitzroy's latest loss to take much notice. Next thing Jack knows, the ex-client's dead and he's been drawn into a life-threatening investigation involving high-level corruption, dark sexual secrets, shonky property deals and murder. With hitmen after him, shady ex-policeman at every turn, and the body count rising, Jack needs to find out what's going on - and fast.
Critic reviews "Melbourne, Australia's, multifaceted Jack Irish is back - and more feisty than ever. When he misses a meeting with Danny McKillop, who is then killed, Jack feels guilty and strives to hunt down the murderer, whatever the cost. Narrator Marco Chiappi handles the Aussie accents, snippets of subtle humor, and regional vocabulary with aplomb. He also moves effortlessly from depicting crime scenes to describing fine woodworking techniques (a hobby of Jack's) to voicing a spirited horse-racing announcer as Jack backs an unexpected winner. The fast-paced story is timely as those with a social conscience battle ruthless land developers - all the while attempting to tell the heroes from the villains." (AudioFile magazine)
great read. great show!! Found The Australian production TV show before I ever heard of the book. They are very closely tied. Anyway come on both are super fun and introduce a great new character with tons of depth
Rick J. Taylor 27-08-22 Could not be better Wow!!! What an adventure. This was fabulous. The story was believable the humor was great. Fun to be emerged in a foreign culture. **** off…yes I will!
Exiles By: Jane Harper Series: Aaron Falk, Book 3 Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 02-02-23
Summary Critically acclaimed international best-selling author Jane Harper returns.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds.
A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems.
Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.
An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding story from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors.
In Too Deep Anglesey, Book 2 By: Simon McCleave Narrated by: Alice White Series: Anglesey, Book 2 Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 19-01-23
Summary Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with another gripping, atmospheric crime thriller series set on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
Some secrets should stay buried forever...
Two months since ex-Police Negotiator Laura Hart was forced back into action after her son’s kidnap, she has re-joined the force as a DI. On her first day, an anonymous tip-off leads to the discovery of a skeleton in a crumbling castle ruin near the seaside town of Beaumaris, Anglesey.
Laura can’t wait to prove herself by solving the case and when the investigation leads her to MI5 and the Real IRA, she knows she’s on the trail of something truly explosive.
But some people will do anything to stop their secrets coming out – as the rising body count shows. With the threat drawing in and her family yet again in danger, this time, is Laura in too deep?
A pulse-pounding, atmospheric crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid.
Critic reviews "Action-packed! A great thriller in a gorgeous location." (Lisa Gardner, international bestselling author)
"A harrowing story set against a stunning backdrop. Anglesey becomes McCleave's newest brutal playground." (Morgan Greene)
"The tension keeps you gripped until the last page." (Rachel Mclean)
It was very good. They always are. But it left me feeling a little disappointed. Just starting to run out of steam?
This was really good.
The Dark Room By: Lisa Gray Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 25-10-22 Language: English
Summary All’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray.
Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film - the murder of a young woman.
But that’s impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier.
He has never been able to shake his guilt from that terrible night. It cost Leonard everything: his career, his fiancée, his future. But if the woman didn’t really die, then what actually happened?
Paradise DS Walker, Book 2 By: Patricia Wolf Series: DS Walker, Book 2 Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 02-05-23
Summary The hotly awaited follow-up to one of 2022's most gripping crime debuts, Outback.
As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer's Paradise: a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe sparkling surf beaches, sunny days lead to wild nights, and criminals and bikie gangs mingle with tourists and dignitaries at five star hotels, clubs and casinos.
Before long, Walker is part of a team trying to solve a horrific home invasion and murder that has claimed the life of a young mother and left her nine-year-old daughter fighting to survive. Can he help them find the perpetrators, and keep the young girl safe? Meanwhile, Vandals head honcho Stefan Markovich is in town - and Walker once again finds himself on a dangerous collision course with the drug gang.
Weak from his injuries, and grieving, can Walker solve a case that is more shocking than anyone expected, and survive the dark underbelly of Australia's Surfer's Paradise?
Don't miss the next instalment in the tense and gripping DS Lucas Walker series. For fans of The Dry by Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker.
Resurrection Walk The Lincoln Lawyer, Book 7 By: Michael Connelly Series: Mickey Haller Series, Book 7 Length: 12 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 07-11-23
Summary Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.
No Plan B By: Lee Child, Andrew Child Series: Jack Reacher, Book 27 Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 25-10-22 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Audio
Summary
The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the number one best-selling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.
Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushed the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away.
Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger...a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed.
But when the threat is Reacher, there is no plan B....
@Essexphil. I said I would let you know @TheEdge949 about this book. It is definitely not a gripping thriller. I am getting towards the end, and intend to return the book. I am able to return it and get a credit. I dont care what happens. One of the main characters is an annoying teenager, that robs his Foster Mum, and runs away from home. That all you know about him. He then spends practically the whole book, travelling 1200 miles on various Greyhound buses. Reacher teams up with an old Granny early on. She accompanies him on a cross country journey, with the same destination as the annoying teenager. I gave up when Reacher broke into a prison undetected through millions of locked doors, and successfully reached a particular prisoner. It seems there was a cunning plan to turn prisoners into organ donors as a business. The villains were harvesting non vital organs, while keeping the prisoners alive, before harvesting the rest. I will never know the full story. Definitely my last reacher book.
Exiles By: Jane Harper Series: Aaron Falk, Book 3 Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 02-02-23
Summary Critically acclaimed international best-selling author Jane Harper returns.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds.
A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems.
Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.
An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding story from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors.
I just finished this. The third in the Aaron Falk series. The first being The Dry. I thought it was very good, and well worth a read. Matt Nable was in The Dry, as well as millions of other Aussie programmes. He was also the author of Still, below.
Matthew "Matty" Nable is a former Rugby League footballer turned actor. After playing in the Winfield Cup Premiership for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and South Sydney Rabbitohs during the 1990s, he wrote and starred in the rugby league-centered drama The Final Winter in 2007. He is a good friend and frequent collaborator of former Newcastle Five-Eighth turned actor Matthew Johns in television as well. Nable grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and also, as a young boy, spent two years at Portsea, Victoria when his father, a soldier, was stationed there. His father had also worked as a trainer for the Australian national rugby league team and his brother, Adam Nable, would become a professional player as well. Matt rose through the junior ranks at the Manly-Warringah club and made half-a-dozen appearances for the first-grade team, later switching to the South Sydney Rabbitohs for a stint. After another season in England where he played for Carlisle before moving to the London Broncos.
The humidity sat heavy and thick over the town as Senior Constable Ned Potter looked down at a body that had been dragged from the shallow marshland. He didn't need a coroner to tell him this was a bad death. He didn't know then that this was only the first. Or that he was about to risk everything looking for answers.
Late one night, Charlotte Clark drove the long way home, thinking about how stuck she felt, a 23-year-old housewife, married to a cowboy who wasn't who she thought he was. The days ahead felt suffocating, living in a town where she was supposed to keep herself nice and wait for her husband to get home from the pub. Charlotte stopped the car, stepped out to breathe in the night air and looked out over the water to the tangled mangroves. She never heard a sound before the hand was around her mouth.
Both Charlotte and Ned are about to learn that the world they live in is full of secrets and that it takes courage to fight for what is right. But there are people who will do anything to protect themselves, and sometimes courage is not enough to keep you safe.
Still is an evocative, pause-resisting thriller from a brilliant Australian writer. If you loved The Dry and Scrublands, you will love Still.
It was very good. They always are. But it left me feeling a little disappointed. Just starting to run out of steam?
Fatal Proof Benson and De Vere, Book 4 By: John Fairfax Narrated by: Daniel Weyman Series: Benson and De Vere, Book 4 Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 02-02-23 Language: English
Summary The Hither Green murder...
William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the vulnerability and the nightmare of watching your life unravel. Now he speaks on behalf of those who have no voice, defending anyone who claims to be innocent. This time, it's Karmen Naylor, estranged daughter of a south London crime boss, fighting a murder charge and desperate to be believed. But Benson becomes trapped into a grudge match between two rival clans, endangering himself and those he loves.
Tess de Vere is by Benson's side but she's keeping something from him. A stranger on the trail of a secret death squad operating in Northern Ireland during the Troubles brings a terrible secret into the heart of her own life. And he won't go away.
Can Tess and Will find their way through all the secrets and the lies? Should justice always be served - and if so, at what cost?
Just finished this, number 4 in an entertaining series.
It was very good. They always are. But it left me feeling a little disappointed. Just starting to run out of steam?
You can send your letter in early this year.
Resurrection Walk The Lincoln Lawyer, Book 7 By: Michael Connelly Series: Mickey Haller Series, Book 7 Length: 12 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 07-11-23
Summary Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.
The Running Girls By: Matt Brolly Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 01-03-23
Summary From the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There’s only one suspect. But what if he’s innocent?
Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randall took her dog for a walk. The dog returned. Annie did not. When her body was found, cruelly broken and posed like a runner, there was only ever one suspect: Annie’s husband, Frank. Now he’s served his time and come home–but the locals won’t let him forget. Especially when there’s a new ‘running girl’ murder…
Detective Laurie Campbell remembers Annie’s case. She’s also married to the Randalls’ son. Painfully conscious of the deep wounds within her family, and still suffering from a personal tragedy of her own, Laurie takes the lead on the new investigation. As much as the finger of suspicion points to her father-in-law, something doesn’t add up. If he didn’t commit the most recent murder, is it possible he never killed Annie either? And if he didn’t, who did?
As a terrifying hurricane hits Galveston, Laurie finds herself in a dangerous race against time. Can she find the answers that could heal her broken family before the wind and the waves hide them forever?
Pandemic Diaries The Inside Story of Britain's Battle Against Covid By: Isabel Oakeshott - contributor, Matt Hancock Narrated by: Matt Hancock Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 23-03-23
Summary Matt Hancock served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2021, leading the UK government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the biggest health crisis the country, and the world, has faced for generations.
This unique book, based on the author's contemporaneous records of those extraordinary months, candidly recounts firsthand the most important events and decisions as they unfolded throughout this unprecedented global emergency.
Pandemic Diaries provides the definitive account of Britain's battle to turn the tide against Covid-19.
For the first time, Hancock reveals the crucial moments of the struggle to save lives and the race to develop the vaccine. The MP for West Suffolk gives his unique perspective on how the NHS rose to the challenge, recognizing the incredible hard work and sacrifice of so many, and offers an honest assessment of the lessons we need to learn for next time—because there will be a next time.
Gully Foyle 4.0 out of 5 stars So here we go Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 December 2022 Verified Purchase The first book on the subject by a major player at the centre of it all. As a diary it’s a stilted narrative that will probably be used in the future more as a reference work by historians than as a read in its own right. It is self serving but would you expect less of a politician? He’s not afraid to be critical of pretty much everyone especially Cummings with only Van-Tam and Witty coming out of it with their credibility undamaged. It is interesting because of what it is and it will also appal most readers due to the staggering incompetence of government on most things. If big government is back then based on this I’m not sure that is a good thing.
Stop Them Dead Roy Grace, Book 19 By: Peter James Series: Roy Grace, Book 19 Length: 14 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 28-09-23
Summary Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series.
A ruthless crime. A race against time.
When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of the night he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left dying in a pool of blood. What’s more chilling is what the perpetrators were willing to kill for.
At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises this is no isolated robbery gone wrong but the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime wave, in which ruthless organised gangs are making more money from the illegal trade in dogs than drugs. A trade which pits him against some ruthless people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.
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Hermit
By: S. R. White
Narrated by: Helen Walsh
Series: Hermit, Book 1
Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Summary
He disappeared for 15 years...until the morning of the murder.
After the puzzling death of a shopkeeper in rural Australia, troubled detective Dana Russo has just 12 hours to interrogate the prime suspect - a silent, inscrutable man found at the scene of the crime, who simply vanished 15 years earlier.
Where has he been? And just how dangerous is he? Without conclusive evidence linking him to the killing, Dana must race against time to persuade him to speak. But over a series of increasingly intense interviews, Dana is forced to confront her own past if she wants him to reveal the shocking truth.
Compulsive, atmospheric and stunningly accomplished, Hermit introduces a thrilling new voice in Australian crime fiction, perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Chris Hammer.
Bad Debts
A Jack Irish Thriller, Book 1
By: Peter Temple
Narrated by: Marco Chiappi
Series: Jack Irish, Book 1
Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Summary
From the award-winning author of The Broken Shore.
Meet Jack Irish, criminal lawyer, debt collector, football lover, turf watcher, trainee cabinetmaker, and the best Australian crime character we've seen in years.
When Jack receives a puzzling message from a jailed ex-client, he's too deep in misery over Fitzroy's latest loss to take much notice. Next thing Jack knows, the ex-client's dead and he's been drawn into a life-threatening investigation involving high-level corruption, dark sexual secrets, shonky property deals and murder. With hitmen after him, shady ex-policeman at every turn, and the body count rising, Jack needs to find out what's going on - and fast.
Critic reviews
"Melbourne, Australia's, multifaceted Jack Irish is back - and more feisty than ever. When he misses a meeting with Danny McKillop, who is then killed, Jack feels guilty and strives to hunt down the murderer, whatever the cost. Narrator Marco Chiappi handles the Aussie accents, snippets of subtle humor, and regional vocabulary with aplomb. He also moves effortlessly from depicting crime scenes to describing fine woodworking techniques (a hobby of Jack's) to voicing a spirited horse-racing announcer as Jack backs an unexpected winner. The fast-paced story is timely as those with a social conscience battle ruthless land developers - all the while attempting to tell the heroes from the villains." (AudioFile magazine)
great read. great show!!
Found The Australian production TV show before I ever heard of the book. They are very closely tied. Anyway come on both are super fun and introduce a great new character with tons of depth
Rick J. Taylor
27-08-22
Could not be better
Wow!!! What an adventure. This was fabulous. The story was believable the humor was great. Fun to be emerged in a foreign culture. **** off…yes I will!
Exiles
By: Jane Harper
Series: Aaron Falk, Book 3
Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-02-23
Summary
Critically acclaimed international best-selling author Jane Harper returns.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds.
A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems.
Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.
An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding story from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors.
This might appeal to a Spooks fan?
In Too Deep
Anglesey, Book 2
By: Simon McCleave
Narrated by: Alice White
Series: Anglesey, Book 2
Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 19-01-23
Summary
Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with another gripping, atmospheric crime thriller series set on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
Some secrets should stay buried forever...
Two months since ex-Police Negotiator Laura Hart was forced back into action after her son’s kidnap, she has re-joined the force as a DI. On her first day, an anonymous tip-off leads to the discovery of a skeleton in a crumbling castle ruin near the seaside town of Beaumaris, Anglesey.
Laura can’t wait to prove herself by solving the case and when the investigation leads her to MI5 and the Real IRA, she knows she’s on the trail of something truly explosive.
But some people will do anything to stop their secrets coming out – as the rising body count shows. With the threat drawing in and her family yet again in danger, this time, is Laura in too deep?
A pulse-pounding, atmospheric crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid.
Critic reviews
"Action-packed! A great thriller in a gorgeous location." (Lisa Gardner, international bestselling author)
"A harrowing story set against a stunning backdrop. Anglesey becomes McCleave's newest brutal playground." (Morgan Greene)
"The tension keeps you gripped until the last page." (Rachel Mclean)
The Dark Room
By: Lisa Gray
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 25-10-22
Language: English
Summary
All’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray.
Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film - the murder of a young woman.
But that’s impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier.
He has never been able to shake his guilt from that terrible night. It cost Leonard everything: his career, his fiancée, his future. But if the woman didn’t really die, then what actually happened?
Paradise
DS Walker, Book 2
By: Patricia Wolf
Series: DS Walker, Book 2
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-05-23
Summary
The hotly awaited follow-up to one of 2022's most gripping crime debuts, Outback.
As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer's Paradise: a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe sparkling surf beaches, sunny days lead to wild nights, and criminals and bikie gangs mingle with tourists and dignitaries at five star hotels, clubs and casinos.
Before long, Walker is part of a team trying to solve a horrific home invasion and murder that has claimed the life of a young mother and left her nine-year-old daughter fighting to survive. Can he help them find the perpetrators, and keep the young girl safe? Meanwhile, Vandals head honcho Stefan Markovich is in town - and Walker once again finds himself on a dangerous collision course with the drug gang.
Weak from his injuries, and grieving, can Walker solve a case that is more shocking than anyone expected, and survive the dark underbelly of Australia's Surfer's Paradise?
Don't miss the next instalment in the tense and gripping DS Lucas Walker series. For fans of The Dry by Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker.
Resurrection Walk
The Lincoln Lawyer, Book 7
By: Michael Connelly
Series: Mickey Haller Series, Book 7
Length: 12 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-11-23
Summary
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.
Exiles
By: Jane Harper
Series: Aaron Falk, Book 3
Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-02-23
Summary
Critically acclaimed international best-selling author Jane Harper returns.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds.
A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems.
Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.
An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding story from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors.
I just finished this.
The third in the Aaron Falk series.
The first being The Dry.
I thought it was very good, and well worth a read.
Matt Nable was in The Dry, as well as millions of other Aussie programmes.
He was also the author of Still, below.
Matthew "Matty" Nable is a former Rugby League footballer turned actor. After playing in the Winfield Cup Premiership for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and South Sydney Rabbitohs during the 1990s, he wrote and starred in the rugby league-centered drama The Final Winter in 2007. He is a good friend and frequent collaborator of former Newcastle Five-Eighth turned actor Matthew Johns in television as well. Nable grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and also, as a young boy, spent two years at Portsea, Victoria when his father, a soldier, was stationed there. His father had also worked as a trainer for the Australian national rugby league team and his brother, Adam Nable, would become a professional player as well. Matt rose through the junior ranks at the Manly-Warringah club and made half-a-dozen appearances for the first-grade team, later switching to the South Sydney Rabbitohs for a stint. After another season in England where he played for Carlisle before moving to the London Broncos.
Summary
Darwin, Summer, 1963.
The humidity sat heavy and thick over the town as Senior Constable Ned Potter looked down at a body that had been dragged from the shallow marshland. He didn't need a coroner to tell him this was a bad death. He didn't know then that this was only the first. Or that he was about to risk everything looking for answers.
Late one night, Charlotte Clark drove the long way home, thinking about how stuck she felt, a 23-year-old housewife, married to a cowboy who wasn't who she thought he was. The days ahead felt suffocating, living in a town where she was supposed to keep herself nice and wait for her husband to get home from the pub. Charlotte stopped the car, stepped out to breathe in the night air and looked out over the water to the tangled mangroves. She never heard a sound before the hand was around her mouth.
Both Charlotte and Ned are about to learn that the world they live in is full of secrets and that it takes courage to fight for what is right. But there are people who will do anything to protect themselves, and sometimes courage is not enough to keep you safe.
Still is an evocative, pause-resisting thriller from a brilliant Australian writer. If you loved The Dry and Scrublands, you will love Still.
Fatal Proof
Benson and De Vere, Book 4
By: John Fairfax
Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
Series: Benson and De Vere, Book 4
Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-02-23
Language: English
Summary
The Hither Green murder...
William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the vulnerability and the nightmare of watching your life unravel. Now he speaks on behalf of those who have no voice, defending anyone who claims to be innocent. This time, it's Karmen Naylor, estranged daughter of a south London crime boss, fighting a murder charge and desperate to be believed. But Benson becomes trapped into a grudge match between two rival clans, endangering himself and those he loves.
Tess de Vere is by Benson's side but she's keeping something from him. A stranger on the trail of a secret death squad operating in Northern Ireland during the Troubles brings a terrible secret into the heart of her own life. And he won't go away.
Can Tess and Will find their way through all the secrets and the lies? Should justice always be served - and if so, at what cost?
Just finished this, number 4 in an entertaining series.
Resurrection Walk
The Lincoln Lawyer, Book 7
By: Michael Connelly
Series: Mickey Haller Series, Book 7
Length: 12 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-11-23
Summary
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.
The Running Girls
By: Matt Brolly
Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 01-03-23
Summary
From the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There’s only one suspect. But what if he’s innocent?
Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randall took her dog for a walk. The dog returned. Annie did not. When her body was found, cruelly broken and posed like a runner, there was only ever one suspect: Annie’s husband, Frank. Now he’s served his time and come home–but the locals won’t let him forget. Especially when there’s a new ‘running girl’ murder…
Detective Laurie Campbell remembers Annie’s case. She’s also married to the Randalls’ son. Painfully conscious of the deep wounds within her family, and still suffering from a personal tragedy of her own, Laurie takes the lead on the new investigation. As much as the finger of suspicion points to her father-in-law, something doesn’t add up. If he didn’t commit the most recent murder, is it possible he never killed Annie either? And if he didn’t, who did?
As a terrifying hurricane hits Galveston, Laurie finds herself in a dangerous race against time. Can she find the answers that could heal her broken family before the wind and the waves hide them forever?
Pandemic Diaries
The Inside Story of Britain's Battle Against Covid
By: Isabel Oakeshott - contributor, Matt Hancock
Narrated by: Matt Hancock
Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
Release date: 23-03-23
Summary
Matt Hancock served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2021, leading the UK government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the biggest health crisis the country, and the world, has faced for generations.
This unique book, based on the author's contemporaneous records of those extraordinary months, candidly recounts firsthand the most important events and decisions as they unfolded throughout this unprecedented global emergency.
Pandemic Diaries provides the definitive account of Britain's battle to turn the tide against Covid-19.
For the first time, Hancock reveals the crucial moments of the struggle to save lives and the race to develop the vaccine. The MP for West Suffolk gives his unique perspective on how the NHS rose to the challenge, recognizing the incredible hard work and sacrifice of so many, and offers an honest assessment of the lessons we need to learn for next time—because there will be a next time.
Gully Foyle
4.0 out of 5 stars So here we go
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 December 2022
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The first book on the subject by a major player at the centre of it all. As a diary it’s a stilted narrative that will probably be used in the future more as a reference work by historians than as a read in its own right.
It is self serving but would you expect less of a politician? He’s not afraid to be critical of pretty much everyone especially Cummings with only Van-Tam and Witty coming out of it with their credibility undamaged.
It is interesting because of what it is and it will also appal most readers due to the staggering incompetence of government on most things. If big government is back then based on this I’m not sure that is a good thing.
Stop Them Dead
Roy Grace, Book 19
By: Peter James
Series: Roy Grace, Book 19
Length: 14 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 28-09-23
Summary
Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series.
A ruthless crime. A race against time.
When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of the night he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left dying in a pool of blood. What’s more chilling is what the perpetrators were willing to kill for.
At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises this is no isolated robbery gone wrong but the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime wave, in which ruthless organised gangs are making more money from the illegal trade in dogs than drugs. A trade which pits him against some ruthless people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.