{"id":10156,"date":"2023-01-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=10156"},"modified":"2023-01-01T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T22:47:28","slug":"great-listens-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=10156","title":{"rendered":"Great Listens of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK website CrimeFictionLover.com recently published my report<\/a> of the five books I reviewed for them in 2022 that I liked best. The pool from which these excellent books were selected has some idiosyncracies. CFL covers new (more or less time-of-publication) crime fiction. A review of a book that\u2019s a few months old is rarely accepted, which unfortunately is often when I get around to listening to the audio version. As a result, while I reviewed about 30 books for CFL in 2020, I read almost 80. I troll the list of award finalists for audio suggestions and find many good ones like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Razorblade Tears: A Novel<\/a> \u2013 <\/em>by SA Cosby \u2013 Not only an action-packed thriller full of story and steeped in compassion, but a remarkable narration by Adam Lazarre-White. Two men come to terms with their dead sons\u2019 gay lives and with each other across America\u2019s racial divide (nominated for multiple awards).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Diamond Eye: A Novel<\/a><\/em> by Kate Quinn \u2013 A fascinating WWII story, inspired by true events, of an unforgettable young woman: eagle-eyed Russian sniper, emissary of the Soviet government in its quest for US military support, and friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. Lots of interesting detail about how snipers work. Nicely narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer Season<\/a><\/em> by Erin Flanagan \u2013 an intellectually disabled farmhand is suspected of a gruesome crime, and the couple who employs and looks out for him faces painful dilemmas (award nominee).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trouble Is What I Do<\/a><\/em> by Walter Mosley \u2013 Need I say more? Interesting people, good plot, fantastic narration by Dion Graham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel<\/a><\/em> by Julia Heaberlin \u2013 A cold case heats up in a small Texas town when an abandoned teenager is discovered. Lots of secrets. Lots of atmosphere. Solid female characters. I always enjoy Heaberlin. Multiple narrators, all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Hills<\/a><\/em> by Nora Roberts \u2013 For me, the main character\u2019s involvement with a large animal sanctuary was irresistible. Even if the romance was predictable, the big cats rarely were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Country<\/em> <\/a>by Mick Herron \u2013 The Slow Horses team is back in book 6, and in my opinion, Herron hasn\u2019t put a foot wrong yet. Narrated by Gerard Doyle, a pleasure in itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK website CrimeFictionLover.com recently published my report of the five books I reviewed for them in 2022 that I liked best. The pool from which these excellent books were selected has some idiosyncracies. CFL covers new (more or less … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The holidays are over, and it's back to blogging with some of the best crime\/thriller audiobooks of 2022","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77,52,3,32],"tags":[2035,1337,1788,1300,2036,1964,1304],"class_list":["post-10156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-crime","category-mystery","category-thriller","tag-erin-flanagan","tag-julia-heaberlin","tag-kate-quinn","tag-mick-herron","tag-nora-roberts","tag-sa-cosby","tag-walter-mosley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NkiT-2DO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10157,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10156\/revisions\/10157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}