Karen Charlton: The Heiress of Linn Hagh

Karen Charlton: The Heiress of Linn Hagh. 2015
Ljudbok (mp3, 9 t 17 min)

Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh. Detective Lavender and his assistant, Constable Woods, (a double act worthy of Holmes and Watson),  face a challenging case: The servants and local gypsies aren’t talking; Helen’s siblings are uncooperative; and the sullen local farmers are about to take the law into their own hands.

Jo Nesbø: Macbeth

Jo Nesbø: Macbeth. 2018
Ljudbok (mp3, 18 h 15 min)
Uppläsare: Harald Leander

Det är del av Hogarths Shakespeare-project, Macbeth som polischef i ett dystopiskt Fife, Skottland på 1970-talet. Nog riktigt bra, och ju annorlunda än bara vanligt polistriller.

Anita Shreve: The Stars Are Fire

Anita Shreve: The Stars Are Fire. 2017
Pocket (från kirppis)

In October 1947, after a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground. In the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless, penniless, awaiting news of their husbands’ fate, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. In the midst of this devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms–joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain–and her spirit soars. And then the unthinkable happens, Gene comes back –and Grace’s bravery is tested as never before.

Lättläst, men helt bra – jag sträckläste sista tredjdelen till sent på natten, länge sedan sist, kändes riktigt som ledighet!

Jennifer Lynch: The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

Jennifer Lynch: The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. 1990
Ljudbok (6 CD, Lovisa stadsbibba)

hmm, det är nog ett weird hem det där Lynchs ;-). Hon hade nog lyckats fånga stämningen från serien bra, det var alltså Laura Palmers dagböcker från sin uppväxt fram tills just före hon dog – och inte fick man alla svar här heller :-).

Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me

Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me. 2019
Ljudbok (10 CD, Åbo stadsbibba)

Bra uppläsning, bra språk. Den händer i 1980-talets London med bl.a. Falklandskriget i bakgrunden. Men handlar om Charles som köper Adam, en syntetisk människa. Och fastän det var ”påhittat” så var den bra.

Margaret Attwood: Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Attwood: Handmaid’s Tale. 1985
Ljudbok (8 CD, Åbo stadsbibba)
Uppläsare: Elisabeth Moss, huvudpersonen i tv-serien

Jag har ju inte sett ett enda avsnitt av tv-serien, men blev jätteglad när  jag hittade ljudboken – och den är bra (och ju superbra uppläsare). – och nog borde jag väl se något avsnitt av serien nu också!
Är genren annars dystopi…

Evan James: Cheer up, Mr Widdicombie

Evan James: Cheer up, Mr Widdicombie. 2019
Ljudbok (8 CD, Åbo stadsbibba)

Jag lyckades inte få grepp om den över huvudtaget….

”Frank Widdicombe is suffering from a deep depression. Or so his wife, Carol, believes. But Carol is convinced that their new island home is just the thing to cheer her husband up. And so begins a whirlwind summer as their house becomes the epicenter of multiple social dramas involving the family, their friends, and a host of new acquaintances.The son, Christopher, is mourning a heartbreak after a year abroad in Italy. Their personal assistant, Michelle, begins a romance with preppy screenwriter Bradford, who also happens to be Frank’s tennis partner. Meanwhile, a local named Marvelous Matthews is hired to create a garden at the manor—and is elated to find Gracie Sloane, bewitching self-help author, in residence as well. Willowbrook transforms into a circus of uncovered secrets, preposterous misunderstandings, and irrepressible passions.”