Fire and Rain

Country Club Murders, Book 16

By: Julie Mulhern

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

Ellison Jones is used to sirens in the night (unfortunately, they're usually coming to her house).

So, it's a surprise when the sirens that wake her from the dead come from across the street.

Nosy neighbor Marian Dixon's house is on fire.

Luckily, the Dixons are out of town.

Unluckily, there's a body found in the ashes—a body not killed by the fire.

With Ellison's husband, Detective Anarchy Jones, investigating, the neighbors are eager for a quick resolution. But a cunning killer has other plans.

Can Ellison and Anarchy uncover the truth, or will their lives (and the rest of the block) go up in flames?

©2023 Julie Mulhern (P)2023 Tantor

Love these books!

These books ever fail to entertain me! I love them as growing up in the 70’s - so many of the things she writes about make me smile with memories! And the story lines are perfect! Only downfall-we need more books faster! Lol!

Fire & Rain

Another stupendously terrific story in the country club mysteries by Julie Mulhern. Now comes the hard part: waiting for the next book in the series!

This series just keeps getting better and better

Love the way this series has taken a turn. Was worried it was going to start to get formulaic. Wrong. Really looking forward to the next audiobook!!!!!

Typical Country Club Murders Perfection!

Loved the ending! I’ll be over here waiting for the (hopefully!!) next installment of this fun series!

Loved it

I loved this book and I look forward to the expanding Jones family. New characters, new adventures.

Live the story, hate the narrator

Narrator makes most characters , especially the main character sound weak and insipid. Almost every sentence ends with an upward inflection as in a tentative question. Going back to reading.

Back on track!

love this series! The last book I didn't care for the story, but this one is back to being the good ol stories that I love.

my one and only CON: the narrator could not keep a volume. I have to constantly turn it up because she whispers then the next sentence it's like she is yelling and I have to turn it back down. this is throughout the whole book. forget wearing earbuds you eardrums will be blown. I will say I normally really like this narrator.

Julie Malvern did it again!!

Loved this book! it had some surprising twists!! Well done!! It's definitely a must read!!!

The Best Yet

Julie Mulhern’s Country Club Murders is my absolute favorite cozy mystery series. I love reading them and then I enjoy listening to them while I do other tasks like driving on trips, cleaning the kitchen or crocheting.
Callie Beaulieu portrays the story so well as the narrator. She does an excellent job making the story come to life and being able to know which of the many characters is “speaking”.
I always recommend that people start with book #1, “The Deep End”, so they can catch the character development and the back stories of Julies’s colorful characters who weave their ways in and out of her imaginative plots. It’s so hard to figure which one, new or old, will be the murder and how Ellison will figure it out.
This story could be a stand alone. I believe it is my favorite so far. 📚❤️

The Author I check for New Books First

I listen to a lot of Audiobooks and a while back I happened upon The Country Club Murders. The first I read described macrame owls which took me back to the 70’s. I laughed out loud, I devoured the book. I have since read any book by Julie Mulhern. The Country Club Murders narrated by Callie Beaulieu are perfect and I enjoy the Field Guides as well. The book Fire and Rain was great because it explored changes in Ellison’s life and kept the story interesting and funny. If you are looking for an enjoyable read Julie Mulhern is a wonderful choice.