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Reset is one of those books that will have you pondering many things about life, those we love, the memories we make, and the lives we live.

The Four Cities encompass the survivors that were left after the Last War destroyed most of the world. These cities are different in that they are self-sustaining. Everything is controlled including the weather, the seasons, and the very people who live in them. However the most unique aspect of these cities is that every four years a person’s memory is completely wiped clean. People are left to start over with new names, jobs, lives, etc. The reasoning behind the memory wipe is to ensure mankind never has the opportunity to destroy each other again.

The main character in this novel is Aris. In this life she is a scientist. She respects the system and has no use for attachments since she feels there is no point with a memory wipe looming. Yet she is haunted by a dream she continues to have and after meeting someone she is left questioning everything she thought she knew, both about herself and the world she lives in.

The audio was really great and so well done. It is a little over ten hours and narrated by Shiromi Arserio. I’ve listened to her before and I love her voice, very soft and melodic. I really enjoyed this novel. It’s a little different and I still find myself thinking about the story weeks after having read it.

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The Sanatorium is the first in the Detective Elin Warner series. I read it with my book club The Reading Cove. The overall thoughts on the book were good. For me personally I did enjoy listening to it.

Le Sommet, now a renovated hotel, was once a sanatorium and still holds that sinister feeling to it. It’s located in an isolated area in the Swiss Alps. It is here that Elin Warner unhappily finds herself when her estranged brother invites her to celebrate her engagement.

Arriving to a terrible snow storm coming in Elin feels right off that something doesn’t feel right to her about the hotel. She has a good reason to feel ill at ease, when the next morning, they learn that her brother’s fiancé has gone missing. As tensions rise Elin begins to investigate. She has no idea yet just how dangerous things are going to get.

I really enjoyed the audiobook. It’s narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden and I always enjoy her narration. She has a nice smooth voice that’s easy to listen to and always adds that ‘extra’ to any book she narrates. The audio is twelve hours and went by quickly for me. I really enjoyed the book and I’m looking forward to the second book in the series called The Retreat.

Copy provided by the publisher. All opinions are my own.

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I have long been a fan of Shari Lapena. Right from her first book I was hooked and I’ve read every book since as soon as I could get my hands on it. I was so excited to start her new one, Not a Happy Family, and I was not disappointed! I do have to say it was one of those books I wanted to last but I listened to it in a day and a half. I couldn’t stop listening!

Brecken Hill is a place where the upper class live. Fred and Sheila Merton are one such couple, being filthy rich. Yet as we know money can’t buy everything and it certainly didn’t save the Merton’s lives when they ended up brutally murdered.

The Mertons have three adult children. Now let’s just say up front that they stand to inherit literally millions. There’s also another problem lurking. The Mertons were never a ‘happy family’. Dad was controlling and Mom pretty much ignored everything. So… the big question is did one of them do the unthinkable and murder their parents?

The audiobook is a little over nine hours and as I mentioned earlier those hours flew by for me. The book is narrated by Ellen Archer and I’ve listened to her a few times before. She has a nice voice for telling a story. In a nutshell I loved this one! It’s a fantastic psychological thriller!

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Such a Quiet Place is a psychological thriller that unfolds slowly and builds to an unexpected ending.

Hollow’s Edge is a quiet and idyllic neighbourhood. Everyone knows each other, spends time together, and trusts one another. That is until the fateful night that their neighbours Brandon and Fiona are murdered. One of their own, Ruby Fletcher, takes the fall for this murder and spends time in prison for it until her conviction is overturned. So where does Ruby head after her release. You guessed it. Right on back to Hollow’s Edge. She’s determined to out the actual killer of the Truetts. However it isn’t long before another tragedy hits the neighbourhood and nobody knows who to trust anymore.

The audio was nine and a half hours and narrated by Rebekkah Ross. I’ve listened to several books narrated by her and I always enjoy listening to her. She does a great job with this story. All in all I enjoyed Such a Quiet Place but I did find the beginning slow. It picked up for me in the later half and the ending was a twist I hadn’t expected and I always like that!

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