Less Than a Moment

Posadas County Mystery, Book 11

De: Steven F. Havill

Narrado por: Stephanie Brush

In less than a moment, unexplained intentions, then murder, upend life in Posadas County, New Mexico.

Posadas County, sitting along New Mexico's southern border, has enjoyed a surge in visitors, jobs, and prosperity since rancher Miles Waddell used much of his inherited half billion to create an internationally renowned astronomy complex atop Torrance Mesa. Passion, not profit, drives Waddell. Yet benefits include a narrow-gauge train linking the village of Posadas to NightZone. It's a boon to employees and for nature lovers, hikers, and birders as well as star gazers.

A ripple of unease is felt across the county with the arrival of developer - no, speculator - Kyle Thompson. Why did he and his wife quietly purchase a large scrubby acreage to the north of NightZone? Any light pollution would jeopardize Waddell's success. Lights are like cancer cells. One comes, others follow.

Unease grows with a drive-by shoot-up at the Posadas Register, its 25 shots wounding a reporter and the paper's editor. Sheriff Bob Torrez and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman see a connection to NightZone...and worse, a connection with Torrez's own nephew. Why? And then murder strikes....

©2020 Steven F. Havill (P)2020 Books In Motion

Pretty Loud

The lady narrator read some parts a bit too loud. In addition, she took some liberties and reworded the text to avoid reading the curse words. I personally didn’t care for that.

Having Rusty Nelson voice Bill Gastner’s lines. Rusty Nelson IS BILL GASTNER!

Stephanie Brush did her always great job of narrating. Steven Havill’s writing is extraordinary. I loved his bringing references to Anna Hocking and Josiah Bennett’s son-in-law from previous books into the story. I practically have all his books memorized! The characters are almost like an extended family!

Les is FAR more

This latest adventure is undoubtedly the very best is Havill’s novels. It gave me great pleasure to spend the time reading about my friends in Posadas County.

Continuing the story of Posadas County

As always, I enjoyed hearing more about the lives of the people in Posadas County. But once again I am distracted by Stephanie Brush’s consistent mispronunciation of certain Spanish words and other commonly known words. It’s comical but annoying. I cannot understand why no editor or reviewer has ever told her of her mistakes. I also thought adding in the male narrator for Bill Gastner was jarring and was not necessary for this story.

Prefer Rusty Nelson as narrator

Perhaps I would have liked Stephanie Brush as narrator if I'd never heard Rusty Nelson. But I've listened to this story several times over, and Brush's voice just doesn't work well for me. Characters that I liked in the Posadas books narrated by Rusty Nelson, I found myself disliking simply because of how Brush presented their voices. I like this mystery series, but not this narrator. There's nothing inherently wrong with Brush's narration, so give it a try and make up your own mind.