The Thief
by Fuminori Nakamura
2012 / 211 pages
(read by Charlie Thurston – 4h 1m)
Rating: 8.5
I just reread this book – The first review is here. I have both the audio and the Kindle versions because one of them was on a super sale after I’d got the first. - As a result of this rereading I upped my rating .5 and may pump >>>>MORE>>>>
15 Seconds
by Andrew Gross
2012/336 pages
read by Christian Hoff
rating: D
Doctor Henry Steadman, on his way to a golf game with a buddy in Jackson, Florida is cited for several at least partly invented traffic violations when the citing police officer is shot by a passing motorist. Suddenly Steadman is on the run. The police are 100% convinced that Steadman was the >>>>MORE >>>>
Nothing But the Truth
by John Lescroart
1999 / 464 pages
Read by David Colaccci 16h 34m
Rating – C
Number 6 in the Dismas Hardy series and Colacci does a fine job reading. Hardy’s wife, Frannie is very late picking up their children from school – turns out she’s in jail – for contempt of court. Her friend Ron has >>>MORE>>>
The Garden of the Evening Mists
by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia)
2012/ 332 pages
Rating: 9
I started reading this for the Booker Prize group or I might not have picked it up and that would have been so sorrowfully my loss. In fact, I was enjoying it so much I didn’t want it to end so I actually read a bit more slowly than usual. On the other hand it’s a bit confusing about the time frames (watch the verb tense!) and I certainly wasn’t familiar with the 20th century history of Malaya.
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Touch and Go
by Lisa Gardner
2013/400 pages
read by Elizabeth Rogers 14h 29m
rating: B
Libby Denbe has the life of dreams, a rich husband who owns a large construction company, a beautiful teenage daughter, a home in the Back Bay section of Boston. Who could want more? But is it really all it appears? >>>>MORE>>>>
A Case Against Redemption
by Adam Metzner
2013 / 336 pages
Read by Kevin T. Collins 10h 50m
Rating: A-
I looked forward to this book since I heard it was coming out because I so enjoyed the author’s earlier A Conflict of Interest . And even though I kind of have an idea of Metzner’s “method” it didn’t take a bit away – surprised anyway. >>>>MORE>>>>
Odds Against Tomorrow
by Nathaniel Rich
2013 / 320 pages
read by Kirby Heyborne 10h. 16m
Rating: 8
Mitchell Zucker is a financial analyst for an unusual company which protects the big corporations against worst-case scenarios – floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes … It’s very profitable. >>>>MORE>>>>
