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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Maggie Hope, back in the U.S.A.
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson MRS. ROOSEVELT’S CONFIDANTE. By Susan Elia MacNeal. BOT (Random House). Read by Susan Duerden. 10 ½ hours; 9 CDs. Also available in paperback from Bantam, $15. This is the fifth novel in Susan Elia MacNeal’s … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Books, Historical Fiction, Mysteries
Tagged Audio Books, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maggie Hope, Susan Elia MacNeal
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The inside story
Much has been written about the morality, efficacy and safety of drones. But what about the pilots of those unmanned killer planes? Paul O’Connor reviews a first-hand account about what it’s like to be the person who flies deadly drones … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Books, Contemporary Nonfiction, Military
Tagged Air Force, Drone warfare, T. Mark McCurley
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A simply delicious novel
It’s quite evident that Bob Moyer read this latest Bruno novel with relish. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer THE PATRIARCH. By Martin Walker. Knopf. 321 pages. $24.95 When Martin Walker concocts a Bruno, Chief of Police novel, he tosses in … Continue reading
Deprivation, survival and life lessons
Paul O’Connor takes a break from his readings of history to review a book about something that, unfortunately, is as contemporary as it is terrible: life in North Korea. By Paul T. O’Connor IN ORDER TO LIVE. By Yeonmi Park. … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Books, Contemporary Nonfiction, Memoir
Tagged Audio Books, North Korea, Yeonmi Park
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Elizabeth George back in top form with her new novel
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES. By Elizabeth George. Read by John Lee. 18 CDs; 21 ½ hours. $50. Also available in print from Viking. Fans of Elizabeth George’s long-running British detective series starring Inspector Thomas Lynley … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Books, British mysteries, Detective fiction, Mysteries
Tagged Audio Books, Elizabeth George, Thomas Lynley
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