Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (narrator)

I have been on a real memoir kick this year and it is not abating. This recently published grief memoir is about the sudden passing of Brooks’s husband Anthony Horowitz. Brooks narrated movingly narrated the upsetting and frustrating aftermath. She recounted the immediate days and months after and reflected on it a couple years later on Flinters Island, Tasmania. Even though I had read a couple of Brooks’ novels, I did not know she was married to Horowitz whose book Blue Latitudes I had read many years ago. As someone who has experienced sudden death of a loved one, I had a lot of sympathy for the author. I hope people come away from it having to reflect not only the fragility of life and also the mundane administrative tasks that can help you in advance of any death.

1.25-1.75x. Sept 15-22, 2025

Autumn Chills by Agatha Christie, Narrated by Isla Blair, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Christopher Lee, Juliet Stevenson and David Suchet

After the experience with the Blue train, my husband expressed an interest in more Christie audiobooks and I found this collection of twelve novellas and short stories which overlapped with a print copy of Murder on the Mews that I had. Having listened and read so much Christie recently, I noticed some of repetitive tendencies such as using feline metaphors for characters. I still really like her as an author. This was the first time I heard a Harley Quinn story. I still prefer Marple and Poirot. I also really liked how short and satisfying these stories were. I have put the spring collection in my TBR.

1.1x. Sept 16-28, 2025.

Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie, Nigel Hawthorne (Narrator)

Three of the four stories in this collection were in Autumn Chills. I did read and listen in tandem to Dead Man’s Mirror after Autumn Chills. I really like the Poirot short stories.

1.1x-1.25x. Sept 23-28, 2025.