Audie Nomination in the Mystery category- The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny, narrated by, Ralph Cosham
LENGTH 13 hrs and 35 mins
Publisher Macmillan Audio
Checked out from the Library
I admit I haven’t gotten around to reading Bury Your Dead
and Trick of Light but needed to read this one for the armchairaudies. Before I
got towards the end I thought this could be read as a standalone because it
isn’t set in Three Pines and without all the familiar faces I thought someone
could step into this one without prior knowledge but I was wrong, towards the
last part of this book it goes pretty deep into a story left over from the prior
books. So I would recommend not skipping the prior books!
I know that not every murder can happen right in Three Pines
but I really missed all those people from the town there just wasn’t that
feeling of camaraderie in this one that the others have had. I am not sure I
liked this story as much as I’ve liked her previous works and that may have to
do with it not being set in Three Pines. I felt like the ending was rushed and
kind of left you hanging as to a certain characters future. But that does make
me want the next book in this series right now so… I am a fan of this series
and will continue to read it but this one won’t be among my favorites in the
series. The monks were interesting at times and then other times I was
underwhelmed, even though I felt the ending was rushed I would say the last
hour-hour and a half were the best part of the book.
Ah Ralph Cosham… he is the voice of Gamache and narrates
this series with such ease, I will have a hard time when the movie comes out
and he is not Gamache! He has a silky yet gruff voice that I love, his slight French/Québec
accent is just enough to let us know where these books are set but not so much
that the accent is annoying or hard to understand. Towards the end of this one
Cosham really brings the raw emotions to the surface beautifully.
This one is a contender for the Audie for Best Mystery but I
have 3 more to listen to yet so we will see!
3 Stars-book
4 ½ Star Narration
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