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smallhobbitFive more audiobooks
Medici Murders by David Hewson. Read by Richard Armitage. I probably wouldn't listen to a Hewson book if it wasn't read by RA, but I'm always happy when one appears. I enjoyed the plot and the denouement, as well as the trip round Venice. I'm not sure how accurate it all is, but it certainly had a ring of truth. And Hewson does know Venice, so I presume most of the locations are correct.
The Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Maxwell Smart. Read by Mack Gordon. Maxwell Smart was an 11 year old Polish Jew who escaped into the forest when the rest of his family were rounded up by the Nazis. I came across this book because RA is acting in the film which is being made of the story. Only about half the book is about WWII and the rest is about Smart's life afterwards and how he ended up in Canada. Very few come out of the tale well.
Stamboul Train by Graham Greene. Read by Michael Maloney. I'm continuing to enjoy listening to books by Greene. (Probably as well, I now have four more in my library.) This is the story of some of the passengers on the train to Stamboul. It's part thriller and part story of relationships. I enjoyed listening to it. It was written in 1932 and the writing about the Jewish passenger is quite jarring, but it does show how universal the attitude to Jews was at that time.
Solace House by Joy Ellis. Read by Richard Armitage. This is the latest in Ellis' Jackman and Ellis series, which I thoroughly enjoy. A suitably convoluted plot, some of which I had guessed at, but even then I wasn't entirely accurate. I restricted the amount I read each day because the tension was so great and I really wanted to know what would happen next, but at the same time I wanted to enjoy the book.
Death in Holy Orders by P D James. Read by Daniel Weyman. Like the last James novel I listened to, I enjoyed the plot but found the descriptions and some of the details irrelevant. However, they are good for listening to while driving, so I've added two more to my library.
Medici Murders by David Hewson. Read by Richard Armitage. I probably wouldn't listen to a Hewson book if it wasn't read by RA, but I'm always happy when one appears. I enjoyed the plot and the denouement, as well as the trip round Venice. I'm not sure how accurate it all is, but it certainly had a ring of truth. And Hewson does know Venice, so I presume most of the locations are correct.
The Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Maxwell Smart. Read by Mack Gordon. Maxwell Smart was an 11 year old Polish Jew who escaped into the forest when the rest of his family were rounded up by the Nazis. I came across this book because RA is acting in the film which is being made of the story. Only about half the book is about WWII and the rest is about Smart's life afterwards and how he ended up in Canada. Very few come out of the tale well.
Stamboul Train by Graham Greene. Read by Michael Maloney. I'm continuing to enjoy listening to books by Greene. (Probably as well, I now have four more in my library.) This is the story of some of the passengers on the train to Stamboul. It's part thriller and part story of relationships. I enjoyed listening to it. It was written in 1932 and the writing about the Jewish passenger is quite jarring, but it does show how universal the attitude to Jews was at that time.
Solace House by Joy Ellis. Read by Richard Armitage. This is the latest in Ellis' Jackman and Ellis series, which I thoroughly enjoy. A suitably convoluted plot, some of which I had guessed at, but even then I wasn't entirely accurate. I restricted the amount I read each day because the tension was so great and I really wanted to know what would happen next, but at the same time I wanted to enjoy the book.
Death in Holy Orders by P D James. Read by Daniel Weyman. Like the last James novel I listened to, I enjoyed the plot but found the descriptions and some of the details irrelevant. However, they are good for listening to while driving, so I've added two more to my library.
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