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The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann
Monday, November 18 through Friday, December 13, 2024
Read by Michele Good
It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had some issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, decreasing mobility, and gluttonous grandsons), nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news. A body has been discovered next door. Everyone puts on a long face for show, but they are secretly relieved the body in question is not the one they’re currently hiding in the shed (sorry, Lillith).
THEME: “The Witches of Eastwick: Devil’s Dance” by John Williams; Gil Shaham & Jonathan Feldman, The Devil’s Dance, Deutsche Grammophon
(Soho Crime; ISBN-10: 1641294337 / ISBN-13: 978-1641294331)
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Latest Episodes
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 3 Of 20 – Suspicions Abound
Agnes returns to Sunset Hall from tea with Isobel to find Lillith’s suspicious daughter snooping about. The Police show up to question all of the residents.
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 2 Of 20 – Charlie Makes Herself At Home
The residents of Sunset Hall explain their routine to Charlie, the newest resident. But when her grandson arrives with a car full of suitcases and a wolfhound named Brexit, things […]
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 1 Of 20 – Welcome To Sunset Hall
The residents of Sunset Hall have a problem. Lillith is dead. Shot by one of the residents. But that isn’t the problem, the gun used to kill Lillith is missing, […]
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The Good War 10 Of 10 – Marnie Seymour / John Smitherman / Victor Tolley
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The Good War 9 Of 10 – John Kenneth Galbraith / Henry Hatfield / Erhard Dabringhaus
John Kenneth Galbraith was a noted Economist who served in Intelligence under the Roosevelt Administration. Henry Hatfield was a professor of German at Williams College when he was called upon […]
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Skipping Christmas by Jon Grisham
Monday, december 16 through wednesday, December 25, 2024
Read by jim fleming
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether.
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