🎧 Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg @LeeGoldberg @NicolZanzarella @BrillianceAudio #LoveAudiobooks #KIndleUnlimited

Posted January 2, 2021 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments

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🎧 Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg @LeeGoldberg @NicolZanzarella @BrillianceAudio #LoveAudiobooks #KIndleUnlimitedBone Canyon by Lee Goldberg
Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella
Series: Even Ronin #2
Published by Brilliance Audio on January 5, 2021
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Length: 8 hours, 24 minutes
Format: Audiobook
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A catastrophic wildfire scorches the Santa Monica Mountains, exposing the charred remains of a woman who disappeared years ago. The investigation is assigned to Eve Ronin, the youngest homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, a position that forces her to prove herself again and again. This time, though, she has much more to prove.

Bones don’t lie, and these have a horrific story to tell. Eve tirelessly digs into the past, unearthing dark secrets that reveal nothing about the case is as it seems. With almost no one she can trust, her relentless pursuit of justice for the forgotten dead could put Eve’s own life in peril.

I am seriously enjoying police procedurals in the crazy world of the last few months.  I had purchased the first audiobook in the Eve Ronin series awhile ago , so when I saw this second book available I requested it.  The first one was an easy, good read so I was happy to start on Bone Canyon.

Eve is a new homicide detective in a very male, misogynistic department in Los Angeles California. She became famous in the first book for arresting a tv star behaving badly, which helped her get the promotion.  But then in Lost Hills, she and her about to retire partner, solve a huge case. Her instincts help her to save an abducted girl.  Now bones have been recovered which are old enough to be a cold case, but Eve works to learn all she can.

There is a good combination here between the case,  her development as a homicide detective and Eve’s personal life.  Eve interviews and works the evidence on the case, making some reasonable deductions.   Based on doing her job, rather than kow-towing to tv personalities or the easy choices, Eve continues to get some hazing from other detectives.  Eve also has to fight off the tv show offers which are only exacerbated by her greedy family.  She is gaining some allies with her hard work and determination to arrest criminals.

Other than the Hollywood aspects, the story seems mostly realistic.  The case gets twisty with multiple victims and multiple crimes.  I enjoyed it and look forward to more Eve Ronin.

Narration:

This series was my first listen to this narrator.  I thought she did well with the male and female voices. Her performance of Eve’s voice and thoughts felt right to me.  I listened at my normal 1.5x speed.

Listen to a clip: HERE

About Lee Goldberg

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee whose many TV writing and/or producing credits include “Martial Law,” “SeaQuest,” “Diagnosis Murder,””Hunter,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “Nero Wolfe,” “Missing.” “Monk” and “The Glades.” He’s also the co-author of the Fox & O’Hare series with Janet Evanovich (The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam, The Pursuit etc), “The Walk,” “Watch Me Die,” “King City,” the “Dead Man” series, as well as the “Diagnosis Murder” and “Monk” series of original mystery novels.

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Overall: One StarOne StarOne StarOne Star
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Posted January 2, 2021 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments


16 responses to “🎧 Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg

  1. I’ve been listening to more police procedurals recently, too. Though I still need my SFF fix:)). Lovely review, Anne – thank you for sharing – I’ll look out for this one…

  2. I do love well-done police procedurals, but I kind of shy away from ones set in Los Angeles and that have anything to do with Hollywood, because I hate that vibe. I live in a suburb about 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles and I avoid it and Hollywood as much I can. I can’t stand actors behaving badly, taking advantage of their fame. However, my father-in-law and brother-in-law have worked in the industry for years, FIL in special effects and BIL on NCIS and the spin-offs for years and they’ve had mostly good experiences. Mark Harmon, who is basically my brother-in-law’s boss, as he produces, is a nice guy.

    • I don’t like the Hollywood part. Eve is a strong female character. So I like the police part and they mystery. It’s cool to know Mark Harmon is a nice guy because I’ve always liked him.