by Victoria Tait (Author) Sergeant Keya Varma is back in her second “Waterwheel Café” mystery, the ones with the with the clever Tea titles. Darjeeling and A Deadly Disappearance has our sometimes bumbling, but always caring, vegetarian, police woman pulled in three stressful directions on her supposedly week of vacation. Keya’s Café is nearing the end…
by Kate Albus (Author), Polly Lee (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin I enjoyed every minute of this audiobook, even the sad and angry places. Author Kate Albus’ written words and Polly Lee‘s narration perfectly placed me right there in the English countryside as the setting for this touching story. Three children, twice orphaned, and now…
by Ashley Weaver (Author), Alison Larkin (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin The way that Ellie McDonnell got roped into secret service for England during WWII in Ashley Weaver’s historical mystery, was clever and unusual. And she was exactly perfect for what they needed! Brave, loyal, talented in unique ways, daring, and beautiful. Did…
by G.B. Pool (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, The Art of Writing, is the third book on writing by G. B. Pool. It contains helpful tips on Research, Dialogue, Character Arcs, and the Three Act format, but there is so much more in the book. It’s entertaining, it’s true storytelling, it’s humor,…
by Paige Shelton (Author) a Book Review by Jackie Houchin THIN ICE is a suspensful, psycological thriller set in a very small, inaccessable town in Alaska. This is the first in the series by Paige Shelton, and in my opinion, it is a winner. It is a book that causes your heart to race, makes you look…
by Sue Henry (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin DEATH TAKES PASSAGE by Sue Henry is one of three of her Trooper Alex Jensen Alaska Mysteries (She has written many more with Jessie Arnold as main character, i.e. MURDER ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL). I especially wanted to read this one because the setting is the…
by JEANNE M. DAMS (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin DEATH IN THE GARDEN CITY is the 22nd installment in the Dorothy Martin Mysteries. Dorothy, an American, has been married to a retired British Chief Inspector for a number of years, and they tour around solving murder mysteries in their “spare” time. Alan takes care…
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By Marilyn Meredith, guest blogger In this case, it’s saying goodbye to two whole sets of characters who’ve been living in my head for many years. First it was the all the police officers and their families who live in the beach town of Rocky Bluff, as well…
by James Ponti (Author) (a middle grade book) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin I loved this book! I ate it up! I could hardly put it down. I sped through all 400 pages in no time, and this is pretty good for me, as I usually like much shorter books. But James Ponti wrote CITY SPIES…
by Oliver Roeder (Author), William Sarris (Narrator), HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin (Available in Hardback & Kindle) Oliver Roeder’s SEVEN GAMES is the history of seven well-known games that people play today, and the ways that technology attempted to beat human skill. (Mostly, AI did finally do better, but not in ALL…
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