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Showing posts with label Helen Grace Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helen Grace Series. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Pop Goes the Weasel (Helen Grace #02) by M.J. Arlidge {e-Book & Audio}
My Rating: 4 of 5 Butterflies
Title: Pop Goes the Weasel
Author: M.J. Arlidge
Series: Helen Grace #02
Narrator: Elizabeth Bower
Length: eBook - 416 pages; Unabridged; 8 hours and 53 minutes (Audio)
Publisher: Penguin Group, LLC (eBook); Penguin Audio (Audio)
Published: October 6, 2014 (e-Book & Audio)
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
Format: eBook & Audio
Genres: Fiction; Mystery; Suspense
Subjects: Police Women; Women Detectives; Serial Murder Investigations
From the international best-selling author of Eeny Meeny comes the second thriller featuring Detective Helen Grace.
A man's body is found in an empty house. A gruesome memento of his murder is sent to his wife and children.
He is the first victim, and Detective Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night?
The media call it Jack the Ripper in reverse: a serial killer preying on family men who lead hidden double lives.
Helen can sense the fury behind the murders. But what she cannot possibly predict is how volatile this killer is - or what is waiting for her at the end of the chase....
©2015 M. J. Arlidge (P)2015 Penguin Audio
My Review:
I did enjoy Pop Goes the Weasel more than I did the first title in the Helen Grace series, Eeny Meeny. I think part of the problem for me is, that I have a hard time reading and enjoying books that take place in other countries. It's hard for me to get past what I'm used to and step out of my comfort zone, but I am finding myself reading more and more international titles.
With that being said, I have got to say that M.J. Arlidge writes probably some of the most descriptive stories that I've ever read! I don't mind gory and twisted, so I applaud his genius stories and his willingness to go where many other authors aren't willing to go! His writing reminds me of that of Chelsea Cain, in a way. I must admit, this story has a clever and unique plot, and certainly no one can say that Arlidge didn't muster up his creative juices with this one.
As with reading international titles, I find it just as difficult to listen to them as well. However, I still think that Elizabeth Bower did a great job narrating this title.
I did struggle with rating this title because I was able to breeze right though it and I didn't not like it, so that made rating it difficult. I definitely would continue on with the Helen Grace series, if and when a new title is released. I really think that Arlidge is going places!
Monday, September 7, 2015
Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace #01) by M.J. Arlidge {Audio}
My Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Title: Eeny Meeny
Author: M.J. Arlidge
Series: Helen Grace #01
Narrator: Annie Aldington; Elizabeth Bower; Lucy Gaskell; & Nigel Pilkington
Length: Unabridged; 9 hours and 01 minutes (Audio)
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: June 18, 2013 (e-Book & Audio)
Source: Audible
Format: Audio
Genres: Fiction; Mystery; British Detective
Subjects: Policewomen; Serial Murder Investigation; British Mystery
The international best seller that "grabs the reader by the throat" (Crime Time).
First in the new series featuring Detective Inspector Helen Grace.
Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks away alive.
It's a game more twisted than any Detective Inspector Helen Grace has ever seen. If she hadn't spoken with the shattered survivors herself, she almost wouldn't believe them.
Helen is familiar with the dark sides of human nature, including her own, but this case - with its seemingly random victims - has her baffled. But as more people go missing, nothing will be more terrifying than when it all starts making sense....
©2015 M. J. Arlidge (P)2015 Penguin Audio
My Review:
I do want to clarify that contrary to my rating system, I would give Eeny Meeny a solid 3.5 rating, however, I don't have the clip art to depict that! So, with that being said, I also must admit that some of the lack of rating is due to the fact that this story is a British Detective Mystery, which isn't always my favorite, especially when I'm listening to them. It takes me a bit to get used to the accent, and by the time I do, sometimes I find myself having a hard time getting into the story!
With that being said, I honestly don't know that I could have told you that this title had four different narrators. Two, yes...but I never would have guessed four! Maybe I just wasn't paying a great deal of attention to the detail in the voices, I don't know!
I think that the premise of the story isn't particularly unique, but interesting, nonetheless. It makes you wonder what you would do in that situation. It also is proof that the human race is that of sick and deranged people, and sometimes those people are the people that you'd least expect, as we find with DI Helen Grace!
I have mixed feelings about Helen Grace! I do intent to read the next book in the series, as it is a read provided to me by Netgalley, so hopefully after that I will have more of an informed opinion of her!
I had a difficult time in trying to come up with a rating for this title, and still struggle with it a bit! I am impressed with the surprise ending, but the story just didn't seem to capture me like others do! I found myself not really feeling much emotion toward it at all! Perhaps it was my mood at the time of reading...who knows! I should have a better picture of my feelings and thoughts after reading Pop Goes the Weasel!
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