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Audiobook Review : The Long Call by Ann Cleeves

By amodini Posted in 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, must listen, mystery, recommended, slow-burn, suspense | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Long Call by Ann Cleeves

Rating: 4.5/5 . The Long Call is the finely crafter mystery novel. A great book and the start of an intriguing series!

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Audiobook Review : Exiles by Jane Harper

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, mystery, slow-burn | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Exiles by Jane Harper

Rating: 2.5/5 . I would not recommend Exiles – too much talking and too little action.

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Book Review : Force of Nature by Jane Harper

By amodini Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, crime, little_brown, must read, recommended, slow-burn, suspense, thriller | Comments Off on Book Review : Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Title : Force of NatureAuthor : Jane HarperGenre : MysteryPublisher : Little BrownPages : 347Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Five women, Jill Bailey, Alice Russell, Lauren Shaw, twins Breanna and Bethany, go out on an office-sponsored survivalist-style corporate retreat, a moderately challenging exercise where they will have to make their way from one point to another […]

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Audiobook Review : The Dry by Jane Harper

By amodini Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, macmillan, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, slow-burn, suspense, thriller | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Dry by Jane Harper

Title : The Dry Author : Jane Harper Narrators : Stephen Shanahan Genre : Thriller Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 59 minutes Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4.3/5 Federal Agent Aaron Falk has returned home to Kiewarra after any years, for friend Luke Hadler’s funeral. Luke has shot his wife […]

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Audiobook Review : The Body Double by Emily Beyda

By amodini Posted in 2020, audiobook, books, contemporary, random_house, slow-burn, suspense | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Body Double by Emily Beyda

Title : The Body Double Author : Emily Beyda Narrators : Emily Rankin Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 26 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 3/5 The book blurb for The Body Double compares it to Hitchcock’s Vertigo, a comparison this book does not deserve because […]

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Book Review : The Lost Man by Jane Harper

By amodini Posted in 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, macmillan, must read, mystery, slow-burn, suspense | Comments Off on Book Review : The Lost Man by Jane Harper

Title : The Lost Man Author : Jane Harper Genre : Mystery Publisher : Macmillan Pages : 363 Rating : 4.5/5 This is my first book by Jane Harper and I’d been expecting a murder mystery. But The Lost Man is not a traditional murder mystery – there is no detective, no case, no legal […]

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