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Friday June 30, 2017
Books in June
- First Frost and Fatal Frost by James Henry [read
by David Jason]
James Henry has written four of these prequels, and I have listened to these two - read by David Jason (who else?).
They seem to follow the pattern of the originals with a number of story threads happening concurrently - which the TV adaptation separated into different episodes, (and in my opinion the quality of the series was considerably the better for it). However although I thought the TV series gave a very faithful representation of the characters, it seems the original author felt it did not depict the gritty realism that he strove for in his writing. I do think that these books are more like the TV series, with a lot of Frost-style humour and less of the gritty... etc - but overall are quite a good pastiche, if that's what the author was aiming for.
- Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs [read by Katherine
Browitz]
Enjoyable read - less of a focus on some moral or ecological "issue"
of the day and more focus on mystery and suspense. It involves a cold
case and all the usual suspects are in play to solve it.
I was a little perplexed - or even disbelieving - about the premise which is obviously setting up the next book (no spoilers here) but I guess the author needs more scope for the characters. - Die Last by Tony Parsons [read by Colin Mace]
I've enthusiastically been waiting for this latest Max Wolfe story,
and it was as good as I had hoped. Again for my personal taste I was
less taken with the plot and story - which was as horrid as ever - but
now thoroughly enjoying the back story. I hope it continues in a positive
way, but I feel Max is a character destined for tragedy and loss, so
I can't think how he will cope if he turns out to be happy.
Posted by Christina at 9:24 AM. Category: Books of the Month
