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Nancy J. Alexander
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Eva Pohler
About this listen
Soccer mom Yvette Palmer lives an ordinary life in San Antonio, Texas when a box is delivered to her by mistake, and in taking it to its rightful owner - a crotchety neighbor named Mona who shares her back fence - is drawn into a strange and haunting tale.
Mona's ratty robe, mood swings, and secretive behavior all raise red flags, and Yvette is sure someone else is living there despite Mona's claim to live alone, but Yvette is unable to break away as she listens to how Mona transformed from a young college woman about to be married to the odd, reclusive, ghost of a woman she is now.
As Yvette listens to her neighbor's tale, she discovers a shocking connection, but doesn't know whether Mona's come to help or to harm her and her family.
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- Nancy A Roozee
- 07-06-14
Unexpected Good Story
What made the experience of listening to The Mystery Box the most enjoyable?
The story is very worthy of reading, but the narrator is definitely not appropriate.
The events take place in Texas and the narrator did not attempt any Texas accent, but her voice was so very New Jersey/New York. Her narration was always getting in the way of the story interpretation of all the characters involved. I almost stopped the book because of the narration, but I am glad I stuck with it to hear the whole story which took an unexpected direction.
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- Rebecca
- 08-02-16
Interesting
The narrator was not one of my favorites. The was interesting but I skipped a lot it.
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- Crystal Gray
- 11-14-19
I really enjoyed it!
I listened to this book on Audible. The narrator did a great job with the different voices and accents.
On to the book itself, I purchased it 5 years ago, it got buried in my TBR. Thank goodness it worked its way up due to getting it on audible. Everything about this story makes you think. So many things are going on and you don't know what's real, or made up, if any of it is made up. Then the twists and turns! My goodness. It's intense for sure!
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- Anita
- 03-17-17
Addictive
It was a little slow in the beginning, but soon I couldn't stop listening. Loved it.
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- Sysop
- 10-02-14
Great story, interesting read, lovely narration
and believable characters. Recommended.
I liked all the characters, the way the woman drew the main character in (don't want to give any of the story away). Loved the husband and the children were smashing.
If I was to criticize, it would be the ending which in my opinion was a bit twee, but it didn't spoil the book for me in any way.
I would like to listen to more stories like this and books by Eva Pohler.
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- Sarah Gautier
- 03-20-17
Good storyline
only complaint was Liar and no backbone became irritating after a while. Otherwise awesome story!
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- Laura
- 10-29-19
Plot twist
I enjoyed listening to this book. I really found myself relating to Yvette. She enjoys listening to a good mystery book and so do I. She’s a mom and stays busy with the kids activity and everyday home life.
She receives a package in the mail that has her chatting with Mona who was a mean lady who doesn’t like pets but now Yvette is giving her company on the daily to solve Mona’s story.
At times I wasn’t sure if either lady could be trusted. But man!! Once I found out who exactly Mona is and how it relates to Yvette I was flabbergasted!! Great story! It is a little of a slow pace but I did enjoy it.
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- Jennifer England
- 08-23-16
Heart stopping.
I half read and half listened to this awesome story. Read this. Better yet listened to it. My heart is still pounding.
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- Shel
- 12-08-16
So so
It had multiple repetitive lines the main character would make throughout the entire story. Ok once or twice I can see but it became annoying fast. It got to the point I was cringing.
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- Maremare13
- 08-17-16
Really good story, but...
This book has a really good story, but the narration leaves a bit to be desired. Some of the voices were ok, but the main characters were an annoying nasal tone, that for me took away from the story. It didn't make me stop listening, the story is that good!!!
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