One Problem with Listening to Books

I was listening to Wife of the Gods by Kwei J. Quartey, a murder mystery set in Ghana.  I had to quit more than halfway through the book because of violence.  I find it much more difficult to listen to a violent scene than read it.  Now I will never know how Detective Inspector Darko Dawson solves the murder.  If I had been reading the book, I would have skimmed through that rather than be forced to visualize it.  No, fast forward was not an option since I had lost any sympathy for the main character.  It's probably a wonderful book.  Perhaps someone will be able to tell me.

The Twisted Root

I just finished listening to The Twisted Root by Anne Perry.  It is another in the series of Detective William Monk mysteries.  Two women are accused of conspiracy and murder in the deaths of a coachman and the mother of the fiancé of one of the women.   Was the older woman being blackmailed for the theft of medicines from the hospital?  Was the younger one also being blackmailed?  What was the truth about the younger woman's mysterious past?  What happened to her baby and who was the father? 

This book has a wicked and unexpected twist to the tale.