Mystery and Malice aboard RMS Ballast by P.J. Fitzsimmons, Tim Bruce (Narrator)

Inspector Wittersham has asked Anty if he can help get him onto the RMS Ballast. What Anty doesn't known is that the Inspector has an ulterior motive. He wants to take down the owner of the RMS Ballast for never actually delivering the mail that he is being paid to deliver. Of course, neither knew that he was going to be so desperately seasick.

Anty was only invited because the owners think he is in love with their daughter and his cousin Teddy begged him to come. She has two suitors that will also be aboard. There is an unknown lothario who is also on board. And a crusty captain with a bird that corrects his grammar. 

This is a murder mystery and someone will die. But this book also contains a treasure map and hilarity. 

Four stars

Anty Boisjoly #8

Follows Foreboding Foretelling at Ficklehouse Felling 

Followed by Death Reports to a Health Resort

This book came out January 1, 2025

Audiobook from Audible

Opinions are my own

April 2026 monthly rereads

 As always, opinions are my own

Lark! The Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews

Three and a half stars

Meg Langslow #24

Follows Toucan Keep a Secret

Followed by Terns of Endearment

This book came out October 16th, 2018

Audiobook from Audible

Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrews

Three and a half stars

Meg Langslow #25

Follows Lark! The Herald Angels Sing

Followed by Owl Be Home for Christmas

This book came out August 6th, 2019

Audible book of mine

Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews
Meg Langslow #26

Follows Terns of Endearment
Followed by The Falcon Always Rings Twice
This book came out October 15, 2019

Borrowed as ebook from Libby

The Falcon Always Wings Twice by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #27

Follows Owl be Home for Christmas

Followed by The Gift of the Magpie

This book came out August 4, 2020

Audible book of mine

The Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #28

Follows The Falcon Always Wings Twice

Followed by Murder Most Fowl

This book came out October 20, 2020

Borrowed as audiobook from Libby

Murder Most Fowl by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #29

Follows The Gift of the Magpie

Followed by The Twelve Jays of Christmas

This book came out August 3, 2021

Audible book of mine

The Twelve Jays of Christmas by Donna Andrews

Three and a half stars

Meg Langslow #30

Follows Murder Most Fowl

Followed by Round up the Usual Peacocks

This book comes out October 19, 2021

Audible book of mine

Round up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #31

Four stars

This book came out August 2, 2022

Follows The Twelve Jays of Christmas 

Followed by Dashing Through the Snowbirds

Audible book of mine

Dashing Through the Snowbirds by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #32

Four stars

Follows Round Up the Usual Peacocks

This book came out October 11, 2022

Audible book of mine

Birder She Wrote by Donna Andrews

Four stars

Meg Langslow #33

Follows Dashing through the Snowbirds

Followed by Let It Crow, Let It Crow, Let It Crow

This book came out August 1, 2023

Audible book of mine

Let it Crow! Let it Crow! Let it Crow! by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #34

Four stars

Follows Birder, She Write

Followed by Between a Flock and a Hard Place

This book came out October 10, 2023

Audible book of mine

Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow #35

Four stars

Follows Let It Crow, Let It Crow, Let It Crow

Followed by Rockin' around the Chickadee

This book comes out August 6, 2024

Audible book of mine

Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews

Three and a half stars

Meg Langslow #36

Follows Between a Flock and a Hard Place

Followed by For Duck's Sake

This book came out October 15, 2024

Audible book of mine

For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews

Four stars

Meg Langslow #37

Follows Rockin' Around the Chickadee

Followed by Five Golden Wings

This book came out August 5, 2025

Audible book of mine

Five Golden Wings by Donna Andrews

Four stars

Meg Langslow #38

Follows For Duck's Sake

Followed by Probable Caws

Audible book of mine

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Ernest Cunningham #1

Four and a half stars

Followed by Everyone on this Train is a Suspect

This book came out March 29, 2022

Audible book of mine

veryone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Four stars

Ernest Cunningham #2

Follows Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone

Followed by Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

This book comes out January 30, 2024

Audible book of mine

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

Ernest Cunningham #3

Three stars

Follows Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect

Followed by Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

This book comes out October 22, 2024

Audible book of mine

The Case of the Canterfell Codicil by P.J. Fitzsimmons 

Four stars

Anty Boisjoly #1

Followed by The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning

This book came out October 30, 2020

Audible book of mine

The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning by P.J. Fitzsimmons

Four stars

Anty Boisjoly #2

Follows The Case of the Canterfell Codicil

Followed by The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine

This book came out July 1, 2022

Audible book of mine

The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine by P.J. Fitzsimmons

Four stars

Anty Boisjoly #3

Follows The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning

Followed by The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse

This book came out November 30, 2021

Audible book of mine

The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse by P.J. Fitzsimmons

Four stars

Anty Boisjoly #4

Follows The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine

Followed by The Reckoning at the Riviera Royale

This book came out November 30, 2021

Audible book of mine

Reckoning at the Riviera Royale by P.J. Fitzsimmons

Three and a half stars

Anty Boisjoly #5

Follows The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse

Followed by The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich

This book came out November 29, 2022

Audible book of mine

The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich by P.J. Fitzsimmons, Tim Bruce (Narrator)

Three and a half stars

Anty Boisjoly #6

Follows Reckoning at the Riviera Royale

Followed by Foreboding Foretelling at Ficklehouse Felling

This book came out May 5, 2023

Audible book of mine

Foreboding Foretelling at Ficklehouse Felling by P.J. Fitzsimmons, Tim Bruce (Narrator)

Four stars

Anty Boisjoly #7

Follows The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich

Followed by Mystery and Malice Aboard RMS Ballast

This book came out November 18, 2024

Audible book of mine

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser (Narrator)

Sixteen years ago, a famous artist was killed. Of course, it was the long-suffering wife who had endured any number of affairs. Most recently, he had told her that he was leaving her for his latest model, a young, rich girl. Plus, he was trying to send her sister away to boarding school, the sister she had so grievously wronged as a baby and now tried to do everything for.
Their child was sent to Canada. She's now about to get married, but she wants to know whether her mother's letter, proclaiming her innocence, is true or not. No one but Hercule Poirot would be able to solve this case.

Four stars

Hercule Poirot #24

Follows Evil Under the Sea

Followed by The Hollow

This book came out in 1942

Borrowed as audiobook from Hoopla

The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian

Zoe Faust is finally settling down. She's been living out of an RV for years but bought a house in Portland, Oregon. She's hopeful of putting down roots. But that hope is dashed when her contractor dies on her front steps and she makes the mistake of telling the police that it's poison. Of course, they're going to suspect her. At least she had already met the officer before when he came to drag away the young teenager who broke into her house.

All this would be bad enough but it turns out she also has a living gargoyle that she has to deal with. In her centuries of living, she's not had to put up with anything like this. But maybe it's something she can get used to. 

I'm not sure all the bits and bobs of this story hang together particularly well but it was an enjoyable story. 

Three and a half stars

Accidental Alchemist #1

Followed by The Masquerading Magician

This book came out January 8, 2015

Borrowed as ebook from Hoopla

Opinions are my own

Salt, Sweat & Steam by Brigid Washington

stars

This book comes out April 28, 2026

ARC kindly provided by St. Martin's Press and NetGalley

Opinions are my own

This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone by Catherine Mack

As the narrator even notes, there are a LOT of people in this book. There were nine people that were going to be integral to the story introduced within the first 11% of the book (might have been 10, 11 is just when I looked.) I had to write them all down just to keep track of how each one was related to the narrator. And I've read the other two books in this series. The ending was a bit complicated but the clues were there if you listened.

Eleanor is going to a writing conference. Just because her last two vacations have contained murder doesn't mean this is going to end badly, right? Sun, sand and writing. It should be a blast.

Except that they walk right into a dead body. The hotel is, of course, wanting to downplay the incident. Eleanor is ready to leave but her boyfriend, Oliver, and her sister/assistant, Harper aren't as enthusiastic. They want to stay. 

Eleanor decides that she has not other option but to stay at a conference that contains not only the people she loves, but her ex-boyfriend Connor, his former partner (who Eleanor included in her books), her own ex-best-friend, and a BookToker who doesn't like ANYONE'S books. Oh, and crazy Kathy (sp?), Eleanor's very own stalker. 

Three and a half stars

The Vacation Mysteries #3

Follows No One Was Supposed to Die at this Wedding

This book comes out April 28, 2026

ARC audiobook kindly provided by Minotaur Books and NetGalley

Opinions are my own

How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin

Annie adores her mother. She really does. Plus she knows her mother inside and out. Which is why she's so confused when her mother starts talking about Felicity (Fliss.) First of all, Felicity is a sculptor. Second of all, she's Detective Crane's ex-girlfriend. I mean, what the heck?

But then, Annie findes Felicity dead and missing a particular body part. Is it linked to the threats her mother's been getting? How can it not be? End the end, there are ties to her mother, father, and her Aunt Frances as history overlaps on itself, even as the chapters bounce back and forth between Annie's view and her aunt's diaries. The whole time, she is concious of the last prediction of Peony Lane. 

There was a lot going on in this book. A lot. But there was some good character and relationship building.  

Three and a half stars

Castle Knoll Files #3

Follows by How to Seal Your Own Fate

This book comes out April 28, 2026

ARC kindly provided by Dutton and NetGalley

Opinions are my own