Audio: Disturbing the dead by Kelley Armstrong

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Series: A Rip Through Time Novella Duo, Book 3

Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins

Release date: 05-07-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense /own

Mallory and Grey are invited to a mummy unwrapping. Mallory finds it quite distasteful, as does Grey, but they go. And soon they have a murder to solve.

A mummy, theft, the Edinburgh underworld. Mallory gets busy in this one. She also contemplates her life here and if she will ever get back. And if she does get back, well after time here she would sure miss it.

She has gone from housemaid to assistant. She has made friends, and she also keeps getting into trouble.

I enjoy this series a great deal. I am almost caught up with everything now...soon!

An interesting historical fiction mystery series that is worth a go.

Great narration too!

Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else’s body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she’s not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the night both of them were attacked in the same dark alley 150 years apart. Mallory likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, and is developing true friends―and feelings―in this century.

So, understanding the Victorian fascination with death, Mallory isn't that surprised when she and her friends are invited to a mummy unwrapping at the home of Sir Alastair Christie. When their host is missing when it comes time to unwrap the mummy, Gray and Mallory are asked to step in. And upon closer inspection, it’s not a mummy they’ve unwrapped, but a much more modern body.

Game Changer by Rachel Reid

Series: Game Changers (#1)

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Published: November 26, 2024 by Carina Press

Romance/library

I have not watched the tv series, I would have to get HBO again, oh well one day. Anyway, the library had this one, and I guess more so I gave it a go.

Lots of time books show how spicy they are and I am all, srsly? They did it once after 300 pages,it does not deserve 4 chilis. BUT, this one, well that one needs all the chilis.

Scott is gay, but he is also a hockey player and he keeps his flings brief and out of country. Until he meets Kip who is cute and makes smoothies. They have this secret affair, but we all know secrets are not fun and Kip wants more.

I enjoyed it, it was an easy read. Lots of spice, hockey and everything will work out.

Pro hockey star Scott Hunter knows a good thing when he sees it. So, when a smoothie made by juice bar barista Kip Grady precedes Scott breaking his on-ice slump, he’s desperate to recreate the magic...and to get to know the sexy, funny guy behind the counter.

Kip knew there was more to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, but he never let himself imagine being invited back to Scott’s penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon, nevermind touched everywhere all at once. When it happens it’s red-hot, incredible and frequent, but also only on Scott’s terms and always behind his closed apartment doors.

Scott needs Kip in his life, but with playoff season approaching, the spotlight on him is suddenly brighter than ever. He can’t afford to do anything that might derail his career…like introducing the world to his boyfriend. Kip is ready to go all-in with Scott—but how much longer will he have to remain a secret?

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In the end I am used to single narrators and a great narrator can shine through out an entire book :)

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Carole´s Monday Movie: Dracula

Title: Dracula - A Love Tale

Length: 2h 9m

Released: 2025 (2026 US)

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Rating: R
Where I Got It: Apple TV

SUMMARY:

When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.

Trailer

REVIEW:

I saw this trailer a while back, and I have been waiting and waiting for it to arrive in the US. When it finally did, I dragged Hubby to the couch to make him watch this with me. I looove a good Dracula film!

Here we have Dracula, who was a prince in the 15th-century. He killed and did many bad things in the name of God. The only thing he asked for was protection for his wife. Well...she was murdered and died in his arms, so he turned his back on God, which in turn God gave him an eternal curse. Condemned to never die and to drink blood for survival. He hopes his beloved will be reincarnated since she was of a pure soul. 400 years later...he has found her and no one will stop him from reclaiming his love. 

What a lovely cast. What a lovely story. I really, really enjoyed it. The guy who played Dracula was amazing. 

This rendition certainly played up the love story and made this more of a romance. Still some horror elements, but certainly more romantic. 

That last scene literally broke me. SOO good. SOO perfect.

No issues for me. Hubby said he liked it, but he thought it had some weird elements. I disagree. I liked the change-ups. 

We have the romance and the horror. We also were given splashes of comedy that made me smile. 

I'll give this 5 stars. I want to watch it again!