Booklog 7/2025: Ben S Dobson: The Flaw in All Magic – Magebreakers #1

Audiobook read by Travis Baldree.
Tane Carver faked his way through magical university to prove a point - that the flaw in magic lies in the mage - but when he revealed his secret (that he personally had no magic at all) he was expelled. Now the dean has called him in because one of the students (someone Tane was close to) has been murdered using magic, and Tane's unique skills - of spotting the flaw - are needed. He accidentally acquires a sidekick/partner when Kadka, a half-orc ex guard, attaches herself to the investigation. Life gets complicated when an old flame turns out to be the Blue Cap in charge of solving the crime. This is fast-paced though Traviss Baldree (who I usually like as a narrator) does tend to drawl, and occasionally sounds a little bored, but the narration works well enough to keep the story interesting.

Booklog 8/2025: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Audiobook

Audio drama performed by Peter Dinklage and others
Poirot is in Kent, as a refugee from Belgium during the First World War. Lawrence, recovering from war wounds and still suffering from PTSD, goes to stay with old friends at Styles - a grand country house. When the matriarch of the family, Mrs Inglethorpe, is poisoned, all the signs point to her unpopular American husband, Alfred. Poirot, an old friend of Lawrence, happens to be staying in the village and is called in to consult. This is not a reading, but an audio drama featuring Peter Dinklage as Poirot. Sometimes the background music and sound effects are a little intrusive, but this is largely a good interpretation of a classic Agatha Christie story with several possible culprits and lots of little clues.