I’m over at AudioGals with a review of The Liar by Nora Roberts and narrated by January LaVoy. While not quite as good as The Witness, it was a great listen and I was really impressed by the narration. A winner.
Tag: romantic suspense (Page 14 of 18)
Why I read it: I’m a fan of the series and pre-ordered the audiobook.
What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Eve Dallas has solved a lot of high-profile murders for the NYPSD and gotten a lot of media. She—and her billionaire husband—are getting accustomed to being objects of attention, of gossip, of speculation.
But now Eve has become the object of one person’s obsession. Someone who finds her extraordinary, and thinks about her every hour of every day. Who believes the two of them have a special relationship. Who would kill for her—again and again…
With a murderer reading meanings into her every move, handling this case will be a delicate—and dangerous—psychological dance. And Eve knows that underneath the worship and admiration, a terrible threat lies in wait. Because the beautiful lieutenant is not at all grateful for these bloody offerings from her “true and loyal friend.” And in time, idols always fall…
What worked for me (and what didn’t): When a lawyer is murdered and a “note” written for Eve Dallas on the wall at the crime scene, it is obvious that the unsub isn’t your run-of-the-mill killer. Obsessed with Eve and thinking they are BFFs, the killer metes out “justice” in a way that Eve cannot, constrained as she is by, you know, the law.
The book takes place immediately after Christmas 2060 and ends up at New Year’s – the next book it will finally be 2061!!! Can you believe that so little time has passed in Eve’s world but there have been 40 full length books? Continue reading
I’m over at AudioGals today with a review of Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann, narrated by Patrick Lawlor and Melanie Ewbank. Sam and Alyssa were always my favourite Troubleshooters couple so it was a lot of fun to revisit their story.
Why I read it: I was provided with a review copy by Audible Studios.
What it’s about: (from Goodreads) He’s lost his edge….
Photojournalist Cache Calder lives to chase a great story. He’s just returned from the Middle East after surviving a suicide bombing that left him injured and grief-stricken. The last thing he wants is to travel to the wilds of Alaska on a “Where Is She Now” Assignment. But when his editor informs him that his subject is former kidnapping victim, Amelia Bennett who jump-started his career 20 years earlier, he packs his bags.
She lives on the Edge….
Mel Bennett’s carefully maintained control unravels the moment she meets Cache Calder. Attraction flares for the man who seems to really “know” her. No one at the Edge of Reason Lodge is aware she was the young teenager who’d survived one of the most publicized kidnappings in recent history, and she wants it to stay that way. But she starts to question her heart and her sanity when unexplained incidents begin to happen and a deadly threat returns to finish what he’d started so long ago.
Trigger Warning: Rape (of a child, off page. NOT detailed, but mentioned in the story).
What worked for me (and what didn’t): First, let me say that I’m really glad I listened to this one because, at least in Australia, we pronounce “Cache” with a long “a” (ie Cay-sh) and I just don’t think I could have coped with a hero named after a place you hide things. Thankfully the narrator pronounced the name in the American way so I heard “Cash” which is just fine as a hero name! (*laughs at self*)
I’ve been a fan of romantic suspense for a long time. Perhaps because I love it so much, I have become very picky about it. I don’t mind a heightened reality but I want the world building to be consistent. I prefer more romance than suspense, or at least an even balance, rather than the other way around and I’m becoming averse to “torture porn”. I had high hopes for this book from a new-to-me author (and narrator as it happens). While parts of the book didn’t work for me that well, I did enjoy it and, in terms of the mix of romance and suspense, I think the book got it about right. Continue reading
I’m over at AudioGals with a review of In Deep Shitake by Patricia Mason, narrated by Michael Karl Orenstein. It’s a romantic/suspense comedy full of farce and slapstick humour. It was a bit of a hoot actually.
I’m over at AudioGals today with a review of Targeted by Katie Reus, narrated by the ever reliable Sophie Eastlake. Like a lot of romantic suspense, check your disbelief at the door, but I liked it and would recommend it to fans of the genre.
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