HALF MOON BAY Clay Edison, Book 3

Narrator Dennis Boutsikaris has a gift for dramatizing conversations, a skill that goes beyond creating character voices. In this audiobook, he uses this talent to drive the complicated plot. The third in the Clay Edison series overlays two mysteries. One concerns the search for a tech entrepreneur's missing sibling; the other deals with a child's remains discovered during the reclamation of Berkeley's People's Park. Though the story occasionally meanders, the Kellermans paint a realistic backdrop of the Bay Area, especially the contradictory spirits of the East Bay. "Everything in Berkeley's political," says Edison, "except politics. That's personal." With Boutsikaris's engaging narration and the Kellermans' light touch, HALF MOON BAY makes for an enjoyable listen. R.W.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2020]