The Ruin

Picked this up with very specific goals...looking for a fun mystery audiobook—ideally set in the UK/Europe as I find uk mysteries feel less police-y than American ones, even when the main characters are technically still the police—as an easy escapist thing to listen to on my walks to and from work this week. This exactly fit the bill. The characters were genuinely enjoyable. I often find the endings of mystery novels to be real let downs and this one thankfully did not have that problem for me at least. The ending is slightly contrived, but it did feel like you could have figured it out as the reader, which is a step above many (it wasn't completely out of left field, but it was still surprising enough to be fun). The narrator of the audiobook, Aoife McMahon, is excellent.