BOOK REVIEW – Yuletide Market Murder: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery Book 11)
by by Victoria Tait (Author) And so, the life and mysteries of Victoria Tait’s antique-specialist heroine, Dotty Sayers, continue in this merry holiday book, YULETIDE MARKET MURDER. Set in Leicestershire at a castle being refurbished into a boutique hotel, Dotty works her magic by buying just the perfect piece of furniture, decoration, or art for the project…
BOOK REVIEW – On An Outbound Tide, a Memoir
by Alan B MacDonald ON AN OUTBOUND TIDE is the story of a man with wanderlust who God used for His Kingdom. Romans 10:17 says that faith/salvation in Jesus Christ comes by “hearing the Word of God.” God used Alan MacDonald and Wycliffe Bible Translators to take the Word of God to the peoples of…
BOOK REVIEW – Locked in Pursuit: Electra McDonnell, Book 4
by Ashley Weaver (Author), Alison Larkin (Narrator), Dreamscape Media (Publisher) An Audiobook review Ashley Weaver‘s fourth Electra McDonnell mystery continues the espionage story set in London during WWII. It features the handsome Major Gabriel Ramsey and the wily, beautiful ex-cat burglar “Ellie” McDonnell. They always seem to defy capture and win the day, except “the day” is not over, and…
Two BOOK REVIEWS SET IN CANADA – Pit Pony & The Memory Chair
PIT PONY by Joyce Barkhouse & THE MEMORY CHAIR by Susan White, PIT PONY is set on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia in a coal-mining town in the early 1900s before automation. The men in families were miners and “owed their souls to the Company Store.” Coal mining was a brutal job, especially…
BOOK REVIEW – Framed! – Framed series #1
by James Ponti (Author), Brian Holden (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook I loved Framed. It’s perfect reading for middle schoolers or older. It has adventure, danger, good thinking, friendship, and a few wild mysteries. Author James Ponti writes one of my other favorite series and he knows how to tell stories that kids love. Can a 12-year-old…
BOOK REVIEW – Millie’s Cruise Ship Mysteries: Ketchikan Killer (Cruise Director Millie Mysteries Book 3)
by Hope Callaghan (Author) Since I love cruising, I enjoy Hope Callaghan‘s Millie’s Cruise Ship mysteries. I’ve followed Millie through the Caribbean, to Great Britain, and now into Alaska. I’ve seen why she joined the crew in her first book, then met and married the Siren of the Seas captain, and now has become the Cruise…
BOOK REVIEW – The Pot Thief Who Studied Billy the Kid: The Pot Thief Mysteries, Book 6
by J. Michael Orenduff (Author), Austin Rising (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) An Audiobook There is always a lot of talking in J. Michael Orenduff’s books. Still, the conversations, usually between Hubie and his sarcastic but true friend, Suzanna, are humorous and often educational as they discuss life and the ridiculous situations Hubie gets himself into. I think discussing his problems…
BOOK REVIEW – Cold Pressed: The Beatrice Stubbs Series, Book 4
by JJ Marsh (Author, Publisher), Jill Prewett (Narrator) An Audiobook Two octogenarian ladies from the nearby cruise ship are picnicking on a hillside above the bay on a beautiful Greek island. One of them is gazing through the viewfinder of her camera, using it as a “spyglass.” She sees an older woman, one from their group on…
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