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…
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