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…
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 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 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…
by Charles Todd (Author), Simon Prebble (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin A bizarre set of murders unfolds in Yorkshire after a creepily clothed corpse with a book on alchemy at his feet is found in the ruins of an abbey. There is a lot of misdirection at first which the local policeman advances due to…
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…
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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