Jacey Bedford's Journal

This is a reread in audiobook form. When I reviewed the Kindle book I said: It's the aftermath of the battle with the Time Police, but everything is settling down until Dr Bairstow announces that there's going to be a fundraising open day and St Mary's acquires a ghost that only Markham can see. Max confronts Isabella Barclay (almost disastrously) and finally makes a commitment. About time too. This was a very engaging book. I'm still loving the Chronicles of St Mary. It read a little more like a series of incidents rather than a complete novel, but even so it hung together well and delivered the usual mix of humour and mayhem.

Audiobook read by Zara Ramm 15/08/2020
I'm really loving this re-read (via audiobook). Max and Leon are drawing closer, though still not living together. We visit St Mary's past, old St Paul's as it succumbs to the great fire of London, the Bonfire of the Vanities, Thermopylae, and, finally, St Mary's chapel for a happy event. Ronan and Isabella Bitch-face Barclay rock up to bring their own brand of deadly danger and destruction. This is light and frother (mostly) with a few very serious moments. Zara Ramm's reading is, as usual, very engaging. She brings out the gentle humour interspersed with occasional swathes of terror. I can't imagine anyone else reading Max's voice.