As I've said before, I really like this series and I would love to make it through them all. However, lately I've been feeling a bit bogged down by the amount of books in my To Be Read stack. In trying to find a way to solve this problem, I thought that I might try listening to some audios. Now, I have a hard time with audios. I don't count them as reading so for the most part I assign them to my fluff books and read the more serious stuff the good old fashioned way. I just retain more information from reading than from listening. I thought I might try this series as an audio.
It was awesome.
Listening to this book made me really appreciate what audio can do. It was funnier and funner! I couldn't wait to get in my car and pop in the next disc. Once I got past the reader's accent, I felt like it added to the story. I started picking it up a little bit too.
Another thing that really helped this book was that it broke from form. There isn't a group stuck together with one of its members dead. Instead, a man who seems to really bother Hamish shows up in a travel trailer and a foul mouthed woman. At first, everyone but Hamish seems to adore the man. The first sign that something is wrong is when the man makes a pass at Priscilla. When he is found beaten to death with a sledge hammer, nobody has anything good to say anymore. What follows is a case of blackmail that Hamish sorts out in his usual sly manner. The book ends with an odd twist, one not quite expected.
I liked this book and I can't wait to listen to the next. I'm glad that I gave the audio a chance.
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