A Christian Essay by Jackie Houchin Jesus said the way to Salvation is narrow and hard and that few people find it. He also said that only those whom God, His Father, draws will come to Him. And in answer to Peter’s question, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus answered that with God, all things…
by Gabrielle Meyer (Author), Rachel Botchan (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin I am sitting in awe having just finished listening to WHEN THE DAY COMES. This book is very well written and narrated and so unputdownable! An extraordinary story! I know it will stay with me for many days. Gabrielle Meyer’s dual story is imaginative…
by Elise M. Stone A Book Review by Jackie Houchin HOMICIDE ON THE RANGE is the first book in the third mystery series that Elise M. Stone has created. It’s an offshoot from her African Violet Club mysteries, featuring the very likable and capable senior sleuth Lilliana Wentworth, now Lilliana MacAlistair having married the handsome ex-spy,…
By Agatha Christie (Author), Stephanie Cole (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review, by Jackie Houchin The last Miss Marple mystery is terrific. It is spooky, mystifying, and well laid out. It’s the story about a newly married couple who have bought a house in the English countryside. Gwenda feels right from the first moment that she is “home” in the…
Connie Berry (Author), Ruth Urquhart (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Connie Berry’s THE SHADOW OF MEMORY is a suspenseful and complicated mystery, or maybe two mysteries (?) that are very hard to figure out. There’s a 60-year-old (accidental?) murder, plus a present-day killer on the loose. How are they connected? ARE they connected? It’s five…
by Gail Meath (Author) Gail Meath’s TWO OF A KIND is a prequel to her five book Jax Diamond series, set in the “roaring 20’s” in New York. It explains how and why Jax resigned from the Police Department, and acquired his new “partner” (a German Shepherd puppy), and leaves it open as to how he begins…
Naomi Hirahara (Author), Allison Hiroto (Narrator), Recorded Books Inc. (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Naomi Hirahara’s CLARK AND DIVISION (the name of an “L” subway station in Chicago) is about two sisters in a Japanese-American family living in Los Angeles when Pearl Harbor was bombed. It touches briefly on the years before that event when Aki’s older sister…
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