by Adriana Licio (Author) Format: Kindle Edition A Book Review by Jackie Houchin In Etta and Dora’s SIXTH home-swapping adventure, the two senior friends find themselves once again involved in a murder mystery, this time on the Isle of Mull in Scotland…and, at a Castle which purports to be haunted… As they arrive, a mini war is going on…
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By Guest Blogger, Sharon Marchisello For as long as I can remember, I had three goals in life: become a bestselling author, meet and marry the love of my life, and travel the world together. And I always figured I’d do them in that order. Although I achieved…
by Victoria Tait (Author) Format: Kindle Edition Book 1 of 3: A Waterwheel Cafe Mystery A Book Review by Jackie Houchin Reading Victoria Tait’s first book in the new Waterwheel Cafe Mystery series, is like settling into a comfy chair with familiar friends from her previous DOTTY SAYERS ANTIQUES mysteries. Much of the setting is the same as well –…
by SJ Bennett (Author), Jane Copland (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN is the second in SJ Bennett’s Queen Elizabeth mysteries (after THE WINDSOR KNOT). Sadly the Queen is no longer with us, but this series keeps her, her wit, her smarts, and her deceptively mild, naive manner alive. (I hope there will…
by Charles Todd (Author), Simon Prebble (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Here is another excellent Ian Rutledge mystery by Charles Todd. It is atmospheric and dark both in the times as well as mood. It is set just after World War II and Britain is still reeling from the effects of war. Rutledge himself is suffering…
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An Interview by Jackie Houchin For about a year and a half, I have been receiving by subscription ‘LETTERS FROM AFAR’ through the (snail) mail. They are stories about real places written by the “fearless explorer” Isabelle. I am an avid traveler myself, and these letters feed my…
by David Rosenfelt (Author), Grover Gardner (Narrator), Macmillan Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin OUTFOXED by David Rosenfelt is familiar and wonderful Andy Carpenter. I love this character, with his good heart and great defense lawyer skills and funny asides. His uber smart ex-cop wife, inquisitive son, Ricky, and collage of unusual (massive or nerdy) friends and helpers make…
by Steven Grzeszczak (Author) A Short Story Review by Jackie Houchin This story is billed as a complex mystery with a challenge to READERS to see if they can unravel the sparse details of a crime that is discussed by four friends at a restaurant… and solve it. These four friends meet once a year in…
by Steven Johnson (Author), Alan Sklar (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Steven Johnson’s THE GHOST MAP is an amazing history about a disease, a doctor, and a parson who tracked, and eventually mapped the mass destruction that cholera brought to Victorian London in the 1850’s, and how, due to their persistence and that of a…
by Max Lucado (Author), Ben Holland (Narrator), Thomas Nelson (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin HE CHOSE THE NAILS WAS so enjoyable. The way Max Lucado spins stories illustrating each point he makes in Christ’s death and resurrection makes them so memorable. And he humbly shared his own mistakes and faith in the process. The sign – The King…
by Sharon Marchisello (Author), Ann Flandermeyer (Narrator), Milford House (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin A missing person, greed, extortion, murder, and tortoise-napping…. whoa! This book is full of secrets, has action, suspense, and a touch of “hot” romance. Giovanna Rogers is a persistant and fearless protagonist on a cruise with her grandmother to “catch her breath,” when things…
by Jude Mason (Narrator), Sarah Ladd (Author), Thomas Nelson (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Camille Iverness is the Curiosity Shop Keeper, along with her disreputable father who supplies the shop with the trinkets and treasures it sells. Where he gets these items is anyone’s guess. Camille runs the shabby shop’s front desk and keeps the ledger while her…
by Spencer Quinn (Author), Jim Frangione (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) An Audiobook (MINI) Review by Jackie Houchin HEART OF BARKNESS features great writing in a great mystery story. And super fantastic narration by Jim Frangione to boot!! (He actually “makes” it the best.) Spencer Quinn has put country western music at the heart of this story plus a…
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I don’t know about you, but I have too many books on my TBR stack but instead of reading them, I just keep adding more. I can’t help it. Often I buy books because I’ve read a tantalizing review or it’s a recommendation from a bookseller or I…
by Tea Cooper (Author), Casey Withoos (Narrator), Thomas Nelson (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin THE GIRL IN THE PAINTING by Tea Cooper is a wondrous historical fiction novel set in Australia. Brother and sister travel from England to Australia in the late 1800’s to join their parents who emigrated from Ireland first to establish a new home for…
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