Donald B. Eager

Excellent…But

Revisado: 03-12-25

As this book started on the road to more corruption in the Surete and powers that be I must admit I let out a groan…not again!! I for one was tiring of the numerous plot lines of the evil cabal trying to get the good inspector! I wanted Inspector Armand and his trusty side kicks to solve a murder(s). To get back to the great police procedurals of the past. I was tiring of the battles with the constant corruption, etc. I was surprised that this time the plot involved a strong “who done it” along with a terrorist plot. Alas, the evil cabal in the government and after Armand was still there, but it took a backseat to the main story. The ending was like an old Saturday morning serial, leaving you hanging on the final scene for the next episode! Which no doubt will have more of the evil cabal trying to destroy Quebec and Inspector Gamache! The new series narrator was very good, brings a touch of realism to the characters and the narrative.

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Kept Thinking It was AI Writing

Revisado: 02-14-25

Nicely done mystery written by a writer that turns out more books than Patterson and is so hidden there is nothing known about him/her. They are turning out the mystery novels like a Ford assembly line. Characters are fairly well developed and plot is planned out without many hanging strings. It’s just something about it that seems missing, like a good band with a drummer that misses an occasional beat. Still it was enjoyable enough to try book 2.

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A book that hole up well over a 100 years later

Revisado: 01-16-25

Hearing this book so well narrated by George Guidell, reminded a lot of Our Town. It’ story, while taking place in the early 1900’s could just as well have been taking place in current times. The story holds up very well.

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History Comes Alive

Revisado: 06-14-24

Taylor Brown has quickly become a new favorite author. I am now going through his library and have yet to find a missed note in one of his titles yet. Redneck, his newest, only makes me want more. I knew some of the history of the places, people and events of this story from my travels in the region and my other readings. Mr. Brown makes the history come alive. He places you side by side with the miners, as if you are another character who is charged with observering the all that is happening, like a Creek chorus. This book will make you understand why unions were necessary, it will also make you angry at how the powerful took full advantage of their position without care for the ramifications. The narration was perfect in tone and voice, bring life to the characters. A wonderful book. Deserves to be a #1 bestseller!!

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Turns Huckleberry Finn On Its Head

Revisado: 04-23-24

A brilliant work from Mr. Everett. At times humorous, at times cringe worthy, but always a story dipped deeply in Americas past, as ugly as it can be. It is a great a adventure in the telling of the Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn story, this time from the perspective of the friend and slave Jim, hence the name James. You will find many of the same characters and run ins, only this time James is telling telling the story. It is the same Mississippi River but the eyes we see it through gives us a long needed new interpretation of what it all means. The narration is some of the best I have heard in a while, excellent! As wonder of a novel!

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A Book That Rattles Like a Snake Handlers Box With Fear and Redemption

Revisado: 03-07-24

I just discovered Taylor Brown and from the beginning he became one of my favorite authors! He doesn't just write the sorry he breathes it upon you so that you become a part of it. You are there, you hear the bottles clink in the spirit tree,you smell granny's pipe, you feel the power of the engine that runs the moonshine. Mr. Brown's use of language is something you only find a few times in the pages of books. It is of a beauty that is both bright and dark. It brings you hope and then will make the hair stand on your neck. It is a privilege to turn the pages, to hear the narrative. The narrator quite possibly might be one of the three best I have ever heard. His ability to give voice to the characters is uncanny. I cannot recommend this book enough. There are only two authors that I work to collect their entire published library - Don Robertson (since dead & I have completed his library) and James Lee Burke. I now have a third, Taylor Brown.

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A Whopper of a Tale

Revisado: 01-09-24

I was mesmerized by this story from the beginning. The way the characters grow on you and you become Shipmates with them, experiencing their joy, their humor, their fear, their terror, is perfect! The story becomes alive in the narrators voice as he acts, more than reads the words of the story. Grann's research is exhausting, bringing the era to light with brilliant clarity. Grann's description of sea faring life in the mid 1700's is enlightening. A highly recommended book.

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Sanders at His Best

Revisado: 11-09-23

Yes these Deadly Sin books are dated, but in many ways that’s what makes them so enjoyable the second time around. You are transported back in time, not so much to a simpler time, but a time of a more nuanced existence. Full of lives not crushed by social media, but of conversations, home for dinner, cocktails among friends, the quietness of the world could still exist - except when it was shattered by murder! Sanders is a master of murder and plotting its investigation. Francis X Delaney is a perfect foil to every bad person, man or woman that ever plotted evil. He is one of the best Detectives ever created, if ever a Hollywood producer wanted a strong character for a show they need not look any further than Francis X Delaney. Sanders is always in complete command of the story, the plotting, as well as his use of language (a Thesaurus can be helpful sometimes). A crackerjack of a mystery, with a perfect narration in Mr. Vietor.

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A MASTERPIECE

Revisado: 10-23-23

A mesmerizing, masterful novel from the Shakesphere of American Letters!' I am always fascinated by Mr. Burke's ability to draw you into his novels as if you were an unseen companion to the story taking place.
There are no heroes in Flags on the Bayou, oh yes, there are heroic acts, many of those, but there are no real heroes rising above the ugly fray that Mr. Burke lays as the back drop to this story, the battle between dark and light of biblical proportion. The individual characters are seeking their own golden dream be it small or large, each are destined to travel roads that twist an turn in a small area geographically, but covers enough emotional mileage for two life times. Each are destined to join together as one force, as one hero to become a becon of good, even with a bit of madness thrown in on the side.
The setting at the end of the Civil War, the portrait of the depth of ugliness that man can fall too, both by thought, word and deed, the realism of setting and language combine to make this Mr. Burke best. If the listener pays attention they will understand, at least in my opinion, that he speaks of our past, our present and even our future. His references to the crowds in Dicken's "Tale of Two Cities" reflects loudly on Jan 6. His reference to many biblical passage and other sources are insight into our present inability to speak to one another.
I give a standing ovation to the producer or whom ever was responsible for selecting the narrators for the audio presentation! Their voices were the voices of our six characters! They became more than narrators, they became the character, the living breathing Hannah, Florence, Wade, and the others. A new approach to the narrative of a James Lee Burke Novel.
We, as readers/listeners are truly blessed to have such a writer to bring light into the dark through his words!

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James Bond Fights The Crazy's

Revisado: 09-20-23

I find it interesting that many are upset with Bond taking on those who would destroy England. Finding his battle with the very extreme right wrong somehow. I found it very realistic and as believable as some of the past villains he has been pitted against. At least these groups of baddies were real. I also found the authors reading of his own reading of his work far better than most. All in all it was well done all around.

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