By Lou Berney (Author), Johnathan McClain (Narrator) A Mini Audiobook review by Jackie Houchin November Road is an excellent read from a top author (Lou Berney) and perfect narrator (Johnathan McClain). It’s a crime novel, a road trip, and a romance featuring a hunted man who is a “fixer” for the mob and a woman with her daughters…
by Agatha Christie (Author), Hugh Fraser (Narrator), An Audiobook review by Jackie Houchin Another lovely typical twisted tale by Agatha Christie – a locked room murder mystery this time. one that stumped me to the end. I had my suspicions (and hopes of who it wouldn’t be), but I never guessed the killer’s name or how it was…
by Victoria Tait (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin Settle into the cozy atmosphere that Victoria Tait has created in her Dotty Sayers Antiques Mystery series. In Gavels, Tinsel, and Murder, readers will enjoy catching up with Dotty and Gilmore, Aunt Beanie and Norman, Keya the Policewoman, and the other nice people at Akeman’s Antiques Auction.…
By Jean Grainger (Author), Siobhan Waring (Narrator) An Audiobook review by Jackie Houchin You will truly get to know Mags Munroe before this book is over, and not just her “worries” (which are many and varied), but all about her inner thoughts, her family, her coworkers, the townsfolk, and the large family of Travelers (gypsies) who live nearby.…
by Dianne Ascroft A Short Story Review by Jackie Houchin (Dianne Ascroft’s Cozy Mystery Short Story is part of the Deadly Traditions: A Cozy Mystery Christmas Anthology, by Justine Maxwell (Author), Gayle Leeson (Author), & 8 more See the other stories and authors at the end of this review.) Mistletoe and Murder revisits the small Canadian town of Fenwater, where Ascroft’s…
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged – Paul Moxham (Author, Publisher), Anne-Lise Kadri(Narrator) THE MYSTERY OF SMUGGLERS COVE is a fun kids’ adventure-mystery book. It’s the beginning of the 20-book Mystery Series by Paul Moxham. Dire situations to overcome on every page will keep readers holding their breaths and rapidly turning pages, to see what’s next, and how will…
by Dan Smith (Author) An Book Review by Jackie Houchin Wow! What an adventure! Impossible to put down. A 12-year-old boy, on the even of his birthday, goes into the dense forest of Northern Finland to hunt with the tribal bow and arrows. He is to bring in some trophy to prove he is a man. A…
by Lucy Strange (Author, Narrator), Scholastic Audio (Publisher) An AUDIOBOOK REVIEW by Jackie Houchin This mesmerizing read was actually impossible for me to turn off once I started. (I listened way past midnight.) Both the evocative writing of the story itself, and the perfect narration (by the author, Lucy Strange) make THE GHOST OF MIDNIGHT LAKE an…
Anne Youngson (Author), Helen Lloyd (Narrator) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin This sweet, rambling story made me smile throughout. Adventure, new settings and situations, plus fascinating people over a broad spectrum of life stories. Never a dull moment even if it is in a slow-moving boat along a map work of canals in rural England. I loved…
by G. B. Pool A book review by Jackie Houchin G.B. Pool has written a suspense thriller that will raise your pulse, quicken your breathing, and have you sitting on the edge of your chair. And if you have claustrophobia, get nervous when you go down into caves, or are afraid of large creatures in…
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