Mary Ann Parker
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Forget Me Never
- China Bayles, Book 29
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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Olivia Andrews is locally famous for her blog and podcast, Forget Me Not: A Crime Victim’s Storyboard, which is dedicated to telling the stories of victims of crime. Now she has a stunning story to tell about a decades-old murder mystery involving a prominent citizen of Pecan Springs—someone who isn’t the man everybody thinks he is. But she is killed by a hit-and-run driver while she’s out jogging early one morning. Was it an accident—or something else? Her sister wants to know.
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another intriguing China Bayles mystery
- By Mary Ann Parker on 06-15-24
- Forget Me Never
- China Bayles, Book 29
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
another intriguing China Bayles mystery
Reviewed: 06-15-24
Thank you again, Susan Wittig Albert. Another hard to put down story, full of good herb information and true to Texas people and place.
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The Madness of Crowds
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university.
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BORING!!!
- By Wayne on 08-25-21
- The Madness of Crowds
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
Another riveting novel by Louise Penney.
Reviewed: 09-28-21
I waited to start because I knew I would find it hard to put down!
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Queen Anne's Lace
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson, Linda Stephens
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender.... Soon, strange happenings start to occur in Thyme and Seasons: misplaced items, a ringing bell, and the appearance of lavender sprigs in odd places. When a customer mentions seeing a mysterious woman picking flowers nearby and then suddenly disappearing, China must finally admit what Ruby has always known - their building is haunted. But by whom?
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Interesting and complex
- By nancejan on 04-13-18
- Queen Anne's Lace
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson, Linda Stephens
Another winner from Susan Albert!
Reviewed: 02-23-19
I have enjoyed all of this series, but I love the differences in this book. Switching time periods and narrators made the audio version particularly enjoyable. I was intrigued with the history of lace making woven through the story.
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Unsheltered
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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Brilliantly executed and compulsively listenable, Unsheltered is the story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum, as they navigate the challenges of surviving a world in the throes of major cultural shifts. In this mesmerizing story told in alternating chapters, Willa and Thatcher come to realize that though the future is uncertain, even unnerving, shelter can be found in the bonds of kindred - whether family or friends - and in the strength of the human spirit.
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Spring for a professional narrator, please!
- By Gail D. on 11-05-18
- Unsheltered
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
Bravo!
Reviewed: 10-24-18
Another masterpiece! I loved the last words of a chapter becoming the first of the next. Thank you. Barbara Kingsolver!
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Glass Houses
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead. From the moment its shadow falls over the village, Gamache, now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec, suspects the creature has deep roots and a dark purpose. Yet he does nothing. What can he do? Only watch and wait. And hope his mounting fears are not realized.
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Not my favorite Penny
- By Annie Smart on 09-25-17
- Glass Houses
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
Riveting
Reviewed: 09-09-17
Another book I did not want to put down by Louise Penney. 3 Pines and our chara her friends are in the center of intrigue and danger.
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The Long Way Home
- Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 10
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small book, The Balm in Gilead, in his large hands. "There is a balm in Gilead," his neighbor Clara Morrow reads from the dust jacket, "to make the wounded whole." While Gamache doesn't talk about his wounds and his balm, Clara tells him about hers. Peter, her artist husband, has failed to come home. Failed to show up as promised on the first anniversary of their separation. She wants Gamache's help to find him. Having finally found sanctuary, Gamache feels a near revulsion at the thought of leaving Three Pines. "There’s power enough in Heaven," he finishes the quote as he contemplates the quiet village, "to cure a sin-sick soul." And then he gets up. And joins her.
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Louise, what were you thinking?
- By Sharon J. on 09-08-14
- The Long Way Home
- Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 10
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Another Louise Penney masterpiece .
Reviewed: 04-20-17
Most mysteries do not move me to both tears and joy. This one joins others in the Inspector Gamache series to do just that.
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