by Scott Douglas (Author), Kevin Wagner (Narrator), SD Editions (Publisher) An audiobook review by Jackie Houchin What a fun book on the topic of suffering! Scott Douglas takes readers through the Bible book of Job step by step, chapter by chapter. He has new insights about when the book was written, who Job was, who his pack of friends were, what/who…
by by Victoria Tait (Author) A Book review by Jackie Houchin Victoria Tait’s eighth installment in her Dotty Sayers British cozy mystery series arrives fresh for Dotty. She is no longer working in an antiques auction house (although she is still dealing with a “private” collection). She has had a summer in France and a…
by Mark Kurlansky (Author), Richard M. Davidson (Narrator), Phoenix Books, Inc. (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin I enjoyed COD: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD quite a lot, which surprised me. The history, the numerous facts describing the fish, the places and the ways to catch them, and even a wide variety of recipes to…
by Liz Hedgecock (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin OFF THE MAP is the second in Liz Hedgecock’s Maisie Frobisher Victorian Era mysteries series. In the first book Maisie made her way from England to India via steamship. She met several unique characters (some of which are in this book), helped to solve a crime…
by Liz Hedgecock (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin ALL AT SEA is a fun, light, historical mystery set in 1893 aboard a ship sailing from England to Bombay, India. The heroine, Miss Maisie Frobisher, is a young woman of wealth, traveling with her maid to see what she can see of the world. (Oh!…
by Lottie Morgan (Author) A Story review by Jackie Houchin THE CHEMIST OF ESCONDIDA is the second in the current Spies of Escondida series by Lottie Morgan. It features Bria, the Elite Squad’s new Chemist. She has taken off two years to earn PHD’s in the field and is now ready to be useful. We see…
By Laurien Berenson (Author), Margaret Strom (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin “Like a tomato and a baseball bat” is how someone describes sisters-in-law Peg and Rose, two elderly characters in the new Melanie Travis spin-off series, by Laurien Berenson. Sparks fly when hard-hitting, poodle-loving Peg and soft-spoken, ex-nun Rose first get together to join a bridge…
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…
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