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Title: The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt
Author: Charlotte MacLeod
Narrator: Lory Reyes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
When the ghost of murdered mule driver Hiram Jellaby appears in the kitchen of the widow Zilla Trott's house, Sergeant McVicar investigates. Along for the ride are Regency-romance writer Arethusa Monk, and Pollicott James, a specialist in dowsing.
Members Reviews:
Love This Series
The only bad thing about this series is there will be no more. I believe this was one of Amazon's recommendations for me based on the fact that I was reading the Peter Shandy series. Thank you Amazon. These people are out of their collective minds. The humor is just endearing and laugh out loud funny. I am not a fan of books with talking ghosts - okay, I have all three of Molly MacCrae's books - never mind. I purchased this book because I so enjoyed the others and was not disappointed. I even liked the ghost and the mystery was very good as usual. The ghost is looking for his bones - I know, I know - as well as a treasure cache he buried somewhere. I'd explain why he can't find these things but I don't remember exactly what he said. Buy the book, forsooth:)
Charlotte MacLeod must have been a hoot to know.
A last visit to Lobelia Falls, Ontario
Great for anyone who wants to go back to the charming and quirky town of Lobelia Falls and visit with Dittany and Osbert and the rest of the gang.
Widowed health-nut Zilla Trott is surprised to find the ghost of a murdered muleteer haunting her kitchen, getting into her dandelion wine and asking her help in locating the trunk full of gold coins he buried just before his untimely demise.
She calls upon her neighbors and friends in the Grub and Stakers Gardening and Archery Club, and soon all sorts of long-buried things are being dug up--a trunk full of stolen cash, a missing set of bridal china, and the mule-skinner's long-lost bones. Along the way, other mysteries pop up and are serendipitously solved: A bank heist, an abduction, and the case of the killer cow.
The goofy goings-on also dredge up references to the town's past exploits in this, the final novel in the series. All's well that ends well, of course, and this story ends with the town's elderly residents getting a new senior center, and Zilla getting another visit from Hiram the ghost. She's grown accustomed to his ectoplasm, and the ending of the book promises the beginning of a beautiful (if unusual) friendship.
Not her best.
I enjoyed Charlotte MacLeod's style and her likeable stock of characters, but in my opinion this isn't one of her better efforts. Someone else may have enjoyed it more than I did, however. I would still recommend it if you like her style and just want a quick, light read for an evening at home.
Good Story
The oddity of the characters is a bit forced and tiresome at times. but they are interesting nonetheless. The story is not meant to be believable; it is meant to be entertaining, which it is. I would like to read more of this author's work.
greatly enjoyed!
Light weight, non-violent, unsuspenseful, humorous...what more can need I say. Silly? I guess, but fun. Easy reading. Not great literature but I did enjoy it.
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Title: The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt
Author: Charlotte MacLeod
Narrator: Lory Reyes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
When the ghost of murdered mule driver Hiram Jellaby appears in the kitchen of the widow Zilla Trott's house, Sergeant McVicar investigates. Along for the ride are Regency-romance writer Arethusa Monk, and Pollicott James, a specialist in dowsing.
Members Reviews:
Love This Series
The only bad thing about this series is there will be no more. I believe this was one of Amazon's recommendations for me based on the fact that I was reading the Peter Shandy series. Thank you Amazon. These people are out of their collective minds. The humor is just endearing and laugh out loud funny. I am not a fan of books with talking ghosts - okay, I have all three of Molly MacCrae's books - never mind. I purchased this book because I so enjoyed the others and was not disappointed. I even liked the ghost and the mystery was very good as usual. The ghost is looking for his bones - I know, I know - as well as a treasure cache he buried somewhere. I'd explain why he can't find these things but I don't remember exactly what he said. Buy the book, forsooth:)
Charlotte MacLeod must have been a hoot to know.
A last visit to Lobelia Falls, Ontario
Great for anyone who wants to go back to the charming and quirky town of Lobelia Falls and visit with Dittany and Osbert and the rest of the gang.
Widowed health-nut Zilla Trott is surprised to find the ghost of a murdered muleteer haunting her kitchen, getting into her dandelion wine and asking her help in locating the trunk full of gold coins he buried just before his untimely demise.
She calls upon her neighbors and friends in the Grub and Stakers Gardening and Archery Club, and soon all sorts of long-buried things are being dug up--a trunk full of stolen cash, a missing set of bridal china, and the mule-skinner's long-lost bones. Along the way, other mysteries pop up and are serendipitously solved: A bank heist, an abduction, and the case of the killer cow.
The goofy goings-on also dredge up references to the town's past exploits in this, the final novel in the series. All's well that ends well, of course, and this story ends with the town's elderly residents getting a new senior center, and Zilla getting another visit from Hiram the ghost. She's grown accustomed to his ectoplasm, and the ending of the book promises the beginning of a beautiful (if unusual) friendship.
Not her best.
I enjoyed Charlotte MacLeod's style and her likeable stock of characters, but in my opinion this isn't one of her better efforts. Someone else may have enjoyed it more than I did, however. I would still recommend it if you like her style and just want a quick, light read for an evening at home.
Good Story
The oddity of the characters is a bit forced and tiresome at times. but they are interesting nonetheless. The story is not meant to be believable; it is meant to be entertaining, which it is. I would like to read more of this author's work.
greatly enjoyed!
Light weight, non-violent, unsuspenseful, humorous...what more can need I say. Silly? I guess, but fun. Easy reading. Not great literature but I did enjoy it.