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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 16 Of 20 – Finding Alice
Marshall discovers that Agne’s twin, Alice, died when they were both young. Marshall attempts to explain to Agnes, but she doesn’t hear him because of the buzzing in her ears. […]
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 15 Of 20 – Rosie = Alice
Back at home, Agnes has trouble talking and thinking clearly. She’s delusional and convinced that the residents are in imminent danger. When Bernadette’s new friend Rosie visits with a cottage […]
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 14 Of 20 – Mrs. Scott’s Revenge
The residents of Sunset Hall create an elaborate plan for dealing with Edwina’s kidnapping of Tom the Policeman. At Lime Tree Court, the real Mrs. Scott attempts to strangle Agnes.
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 13 Of 20 – Being Mrs. Scott
At Lime Tree Court, Agnes is mistaken for the resident that she is impersonating, Mrs. Scott. She is sedated and returned to “her” room. At Sunset Hall, Edwina has been […]
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The Sunset Years Of Agnes Sharp 12 Of 20 – Breaking Into Lime Tree Court
Agnes decides to break into Lime Tree Court to find out if the woman claiming to be Theresa is, in fact, Olive. Policeman Tom pays another visit to Sunset Hall […]
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Skipping Christmas by John 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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