Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Dietrich and The Heron by Don Winslow, both read by actor Ed Harris. Short stories (novellas?) by Winslow for Audible. Both were mediocre, but I think that's because most writers don't put in their best effort for Audible and Amazon Originals.
Voice of Mars by Glynn Stewart, read by Jeffrey Kafer. An okay entry in the Starship's Mage series. Not as good as the previous book, Hand of Mars, but not terrible. It sure did zoom by fast, though.
Shadow Prey by John Sandford, read by Robert Ferrone. Fun fact, I originally started reading this book several years ago, but stopped because the George Floyd protests erupted right about the same time and it didn't feel appropriate to read about a Minneapolis cop at that point. I decided to give it a second go last month since Audible has several of the early books for free. I enjoyed it.
Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey, read by Peter Ganim. I've been wanting to give Howey's work a try, but didn't want to jump right into his Silo series yet. This standalone seemed like a good starting point. It was good enough that I'll continue reading or listening to his works.
The Fury by Alex Michaelides, read by Alex Jennings. Okay book, mediocre narrator. At times, Jennings sounded like Michael Caine and at others, sounded like the publisher fed the book into one of those text to speech programs.

As I said, the book itself was okay. It was pretty much what I would consider a typical Alex Michaelides novel: lots of plot twists and red herrings, all delivered by an wholly unreliable narrator. Michaelides has a shtick and he's sticking to it.

Nice list Jason: I listened to the audible original of Don Winslow ,Dietrich as well and concur, it was fine, but nothing special. It was ok for a free book. I haven't tried The Heron yet. EDIT, and yet I just checked and I did listen to it, completely unremarkable based on forgetting I read it. :)

As for The Fury, I totally agree on the mediocre audio narrator, good thing I borrrowed from Libby. Michealides style of writing was as expected, not my favorite style by far - the unreliable narrator bit is always over-the-top with him. This one was no exception. We have a group read discussion thread on it here, happy to have you join in. :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Interesting comment about the Sandford series and the George Floyd incident, Jason. This is probably my favorite police procedural series but I might have had the same reaction at that time.

I agree with you and Ann both on The Fury. I was a bit underwhelmed, but attending an author event where Michaelides spoke about it fueled my interest.