by Michele Olson (Author, Narrator, Publisher) An audiobook review I love everything about Being Ethel (in a world that loves Lucy): short, clean, funny, and a bit of mystery and romance. And set on Mackinac Island, where they are filming “Somewhere in Time” with Christopher Reeve. AND more old movie and TV show references than you…
by Hope Callaghan (Author, Publisher), Naomi Rose-Mock (Narrator) An Audiobook DEADLY DECEPTION is one of Hope Callaghan’s earlier books about Millie Sanders, a very spry and athletic widow who works on the cruise ship Siren of the Seas. Her exotic adventures (and the mysteries she solves with her growing gang of friends) are exciting and fun to read. …
by Iona Whishaw (Author), Marilla Wex (Narrator), TouchWood Editions (Publisher) An Audiobook Lightning Strikes the Silence by Iona Whishaw is another deliciously intriguing and comfortable mystery set in British Columbia, Canada, in the late 1940’s. These addictive books feature the super-sharp (British ex-spy) Kate Winslow, who is now married to Police Inspector Frederick Darling. (Yes, that’s his name. It’s use…
by Renee Pawlish (Author) Antiques, Codes & Conundrums by Renee Pawlish is a fun, cozy mystery featuring a nice, but determined, senior widow who just happens to live near Langley, Virginia. In this first in the series, Evelyn Chambers recognizes a man her husband once knew in the cafe where she and a friend are dining. She…
by Patricia Smiley (Author) A new series, a new protagonist, a new setting; what’s not to love about Patty Smiley’s new Justice Bay Mystery? It’s dark, but not too much. It’s mysterious (psychic), but not too much. It has suspense, creepy scenes that make you shiver, danger, and action. But the story is also about good…
by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Benedict Brown‘s Lord Edgington books are always enjoyable. I love his mild boasting, his reminiscing on old cases, his gentle sharpness with Christopher, and (of course) the way he treats his staff … and his dog. He’s been teaching his grandson how to investigate murders. This is the…
by Victoria Tait (Author) WICKET OF LIES by Victoria Tait is the second in her new Cotswold Antique Mysteries, in which Dottie and Keya share dual points of view in alternating chapters. Keya is becoming more capable in her new job of “sniffing out crime scene clues.” But don’t worry, her Waterwheel Café is still going strong. …
by Kenneth Oppel (Author), Robbie Daymond (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher) An Audiobook Review INKLING, by Kenneth Oppel, is a very creative, exciting, and touching story about a … okay, you guessed it, a spot, or splot, of ink. But how can you make a story out of that? Oppel does it very well, just as in his wonderful space odysseys. He…
by Ronald Kidd (Adapter), The Kennedy Center (Author), Ard Hoyt (Illustrator), Laura Bush (Foreword) The “Treasure of Ursa Major” is a super fast-paced, exciting story full of humor, history, and fun facts. It is based on a play by Tom Isbell, adapted by Ronald Kidd. Laura Bush wrote a forward. Three of Theodore Roosevelt’s children – eleven-year-old Archie, fifteen-year-old Kermit, and their sister,…
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