The Bullet that Missed

This is the title of an audiobook I just finished listening to. It’s the third in a series of detective novels about four seniors from a retirement community investigating suspicious deaths. I read the first two novels and listened to them on audiobook with one narrator. The third book was released a few months ago and it was the audiobook version that showed up first in the library catalogue. As I had enjoyed the first two, I figured this would work for me. I really did like the book although not quite as much as the earlier books. There were too many loose ends at the end of the book which made it feel not quite finished. I’m sure those ends will be picked up in the next book.

But the main thing that was difficult was the change of narrator That’s not a bad thing exactly but the style of this narrator was different and made it harder to listen. The really big problem was she narrated so much of the book in a whisper. I mostly listened in the car and was constantly increasing the volume so I could hear. I don’t think the whole book should require such a high volume on it. Anyway, I did adjust to the new narrator after several chapters but the whisper carried on a bit more than it should have. If this narrator continues, I hope this is worked out a bit better in the next book.

The book itself was highly entertaining and contains a cast of characters with all sorts of interesting quirks and personalities. Like earlier volumes, it’s also full of both humor and pathos as some tricky subjects are touched upon.