Category: Fiction Reviews

Code Name Verity is a powerful historical fiction book set during World War II. The following is the official publisher’s summary as found on Audible: Code Name Verity is a compelling, emotionally rich story with universal …

Grace discovers the power of books in the Last Bookshop in London as they give her and the rest of London the strength to keep fighting in World War II.

1970’s Mexico City is not for everyone. Students protest amid political unrest, while others just try to live their lives and keep going in an environment that is hardly stable. Maite is a secretary obsessed …

When I am sick, I turn to special cozy audiobooks as comfort listening. Here are recent favorites: Donna Andrews, Jana Deleon, Julie Seedorf, and Jeffrey Poole.

Donna Andrews, author of 28 (and counting) humorous mysteries about Meg Langslow and her small town of Caerphilly, VA, has written eight books set at Christmas*. The latest, The Gift of the Magpie, uses Christmas …

In The Case of the Ostentatious Otter by Jeffrey Poole, Zachary Anderson and his girlfriend, Jillian Cooper, take a vacation, along with their friends, Harry and Julie Watt to Monterey, CA. Soon after their arrival, …

As The Case of the Highland House Haunting by J.M. Poole opens, Zachary Anderson has now lived in Pomme Valley for several years . Zac’s pair of corgi detectives, Sherlock and Watson, become better detectives …

I just finished listening to the audio of The Beetle written by Richard Marsh and read by Nigel Patterson, and it is definitely something for a niche audience–people like me who like looking at early …

In Murder Again! Happy New Year! by D.B. Elrogg, the Milo Rathke series has come around full circle in a year. And just as there was a murder in Great Party! Sorry about the Murder!, …

The Girl in the Painting by Tea Cooper is one of the most hauntingly striking audiobooks I have ever listened to. I listen to hundreds of audiobooks each year, and so rarely do I wish …