If Walls Could Talk

Haunted Home Renovation, Book 1

By: Juliet Blackwell

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Bay Area. But now her reputation may be on the line.

At her newest project, a run-down Pacific Heights mansion, Mel is visited by the ghost of a colleague who recently met a bad end with power tools. Mel hopes that by nailing the killer, she can rid herself of the ghostly presence of the murdered man - and not end up a construction casualty herself....

©2010 Julie Goodson-Lawes (P)2013 Tantor

Love At First Listen

I enjoyed this so much I immediately bought book two. I highly recommend this book.

Time flies

Listening to this story made time fly by. So enjoyable! I really enjoyed the story and characters. Well performed as well. Cannot wait for the next story!

it was good not great but good

Is there anything you would change about this book?

ummm probably not

If you’ve listened to books by Juliet Blackwell before, how does this one compare?

never have

Did Xe Sands do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

yes decent

Do you think If Walls Could Talk needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

no

Any additional comments?

it didn't grab me like i like but I finished it none the less

If Walks Could Talk is a good spooky Mystery.

I love home renovation stories, but add mysterious spirits and crimebusting and you've got a winner! Great character descriptions and a few interesting subplots. I reccomend it.

Excellent and refreshing read

I would highly recommend this book to anyone! This is the second series written by this author that I have fallen in love with. The characters are uniquely quirky, the storyline is fantastic and intriguing, yes so far all the books I have read have a five star rating by me.

The best in a long time!

What made the experience of listening to If Walls Could Talk the most enjoyable?

The narrator is wonderful and has a great way with sexy guy-voices. I'm surprised I've never heard her read. It's like listening to Anna Fields; you are able to forget there is a narrator and enjoy the great story.

What was one of the most memorable moments of If Walls Could Talk?

Mel's great love for the grand old homes of the Bay Area, especially of San Francisco. It was a new insight to me to hear of the beautiful old homes and their history, and resulting tidbits of the history of the Bay Area. I was totally engrossed and enjoyed the story line. There is a perfect balance of humor, romance, technical information, GHOSTS, & character development (quite a few lovable characters, well developed). When read by such a great narrator, it is the best series I've read in a long while.

What does Xe Sands bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

See above

Any additional comments?

MORE, MORE, MORE!!!!!!!

This one grew on me as I listened

This is one of those books that I wasn’t sure what I thought about it while I was listening to it and then when it was over I started to immediately think about getting the next one. The more I thought I about it the more I realized I actually really liked it. The characters were interesting, the case was interesting and the narrator was good.

Mel has got to be one of the most unique individuals in books that I been introduced to recently. I enjoyed her chemistry with the other characters, her values and her love of historic homes. Which is perfect for the setting of San Francisco as that is a great city for history. The cast of supporting characters are all also compelling except for Graham her love interest – he is a little dry but maybe the author develops him more later on.

The case starts with a bang and has many twists and turns but the author blends all of these well into the finale and you don’t feel cheated by the solution. I look forward to the next book in the series.

Good story with lots of SF detail

Narration was good as was the story line. Characters were interesting. Kenneth the ghost sounded like the gargoyle in the witchcraft series so that was a little distracting.

Sweeeeet!

I'm so happy I found a new series that I like. The narrator can make or break a book for me...and Xe is wonderful. Good plot, nice twist at the end. Onward to book #2!

Good story; annoying narration

This is a fun mystery with friendly characters. But the narrato'rs nasal voice drops the ends of words and ends of sentences, especially when portraying male characters, and she sounds on the verge of tears about half the time.