I am a late comer in the world of audio books, but once convinced of its pleasures, I can hardly resist it. Getting later into this habit only few years ago, during the pandemics, nowadays I count at least two audio books per week. At the beginning, it was easier to focus on nonfiction books, particularly on topics where I was familiar with the details, but nowadays, I can easily follow any kind of genre, including literature.
Hence, my great pleasure to being offered the chance, by the great Rachel from Rachel´s Random Resources to review an audio mystery book.
Garden Girl. A Cape Breton Mystery by Renny DeGroot narrated by the voice of Nathan Foss, is a well paced interesting mystery, set in a place - Cape Breton - where you expect the less to deal with mystery and crime riddles. Gordie MacLean, a 50-year old bachelor detective, is faced though with the task of discovering a killer that may still be on the run. A shocking discovery that adds to the fact that in a place where almost nothing wrong may happen, the remains of a disappeared person were suddenly discovered.
I love action-packed novels, set in an exceptionally busy place, populated with many interesting characters. However, Garden Girl does offer a completely different take, introducing the reader slowly into the scenery and offering just enough bits of information before motioning towards the end, which is discovering thje killer. A task more difficult that it looked like at the first sight, as will lead to terrible revelations about members of the local community and their secrets.
Part of the audio books experience is always the contribution of the narrator. Versatile actor Nathan Foss offers an entertaining and engaging story that keeps the audio-reader interested. I would definitely try to search out more books he narrated. As I will also want to follow up more books from the series, hopefully soon.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Audio book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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