Narrator Mia Hutchinson-Shaw joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss narrating Annie Mare and Ruthie Knox’s cozy mystery HOMEMAKER. We follow along with protagonist Prairie Hawk Nightingale, a homemaker extraordinaire, on her quest to solve the disappearance of her former friend. Hutchinson-Shaw shares what it’s like to narrate this delightful cast of characters, why she likes cozy mysteries, and how she got into acting and narration.

Read AudioFile’s review of the audiobook: Published by Brilliance Audio

AudioFile’s 2025 Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks are:

THE BUSINESS TRIP by Jessie Garcia, read by Andrew Eiden, Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, Fred Berman, Gail Shalan, Hillary Huber, Jennifer Pickens, John Pirhalla, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Kirby Heyborne, Tim Campbell

HOMEMAKER by Annie Mare, Ruthie Knox, read by Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

NEVER FLINCH by Stephen King, read by Jessie Mueller, Stephen King 

SOUTH OF NOWHERE by Jeffery Deaver, read by Kaleo Griffith

THE SUMMER GUESTS by Tess Gerritsen, read by Hillary Huber

A TRUE VERDICT by Robert Rotstein, read by Sean Pratt, Phil Thron, Kelli Tager, Sophie Amoss, Natalie Naudus, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Robin Miles, Alex Boyles, Roxanne Hernandez, Eunice Wong, Deanna Anthony, Graham Halstead

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