A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #6 #7 by Verity Bright

I have already read and reviewed another book in this series this year. I was lucky enough to pick up the next two, which got significantly better in terms of storytelling.I will discuss the two books individually. When I first started the series I had an issue with the lead protagonist. For someone who is…

Pel Among the Pueblos by Mark Hebden

This is the second book of the series that I have picked up but not the next in the order that the books were written. If you have not read any of the previous works, it does not matter as much (as I can attest) since this works well as a standalone as well. Pel…

The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

I say this often enough, and most of the time, the emphasis is clear, but this time around, I need to iterate how that book should not have worked for me. For fear of sounding like one of the Cleverly family dissected within its pages, I wrote and deleted yet another sentence starting with 'I'.The…

The Daffodil Affair (Sir John Appleby #8) by Michael Innes

Books I read previously by the same author and liked much better:Death on a Quiet DayThe Long FarewellDeath at the President’s Lodging Hare Sitting Up Unlike a few other classic crime fans, I actually enjoyed John Appleby's books. I liked the main character and the way his mind worked. I even let the technical references…

Psycho by the Sea by Lynne Truss

I have reviewed another book by the author in this series : here Narrated by Matt Green I liked the other book that I read out of context in the series but was not fascinated by it. When I saw this as an audiobook, I had to give it another shot.I loved the narrative style…

The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1) by Agatha Christie

Narrator: Simon Jones I am working my way through rereads of older books that I can now listen to. I read these at a time when I was unsure of the pronunciation of things and had no way of confirming (or even the will to look). I said Hercule Poirot anyway I wanted until almost…

46% Better Than Dave by Alastair Puddick

I am working my way closer to the middle of the year and the mid-year stats I usually do! Since I have not yet documented any of my reads for the year, I see a lot of work in the next week or so! This is another of m backlist reads. It is a book…

Bad Day in Minsk by Jonathan Pinnock

I've read and reviewed the previous three books in the series I would not recommend picking this up without having read any of the previous books. The crazy antics here make more sense when coupled with the equally crazy events of the last few times we met Tom Winscombe and the people associated with him…