Stone Cross by Marc Cameron opens in a remote Alaskan village where Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter searches for a stone-cold killer amid a hotbed of corruption, lies, and long-buried secrets. As a boy, I loved playing cops and robbers with my brothers. We ran through the pine trees, shooting finger guns, and wearing paint-thinner-scented…
My new commute is long and painful. The only positive aspect is that my auditory crime-book consumption has shot through the roof. Recently I picked up The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan, narrated by Aoife McMaon. This is a novella from the Cormac Reilly Series, technically number .5. It is a prequel to McTiernan’s bestseller The…
A recent transfer to Atlanta, and the resulting ninety-minute commute, led me down an audio content rabbit hole. My first venture into this world was Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. As the winner of the Booker of Bookers, Rushdie’s sprawling magical fiction merits its own review. With that said, I learned Midnight’s Children is not…
