Children in the Morning: A Collins-Burke Mystery, Book 5

By: Anne Emery

Narrated by: Christian Rummel

When Beau Delaney, the Halifax hotshot whose exploits are the subject of a new Hollywood film, is charged with the murder of his wife, Peggy, it’s lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins who takes the case. But when Beau’s family dynamics and the appearance of a mysterious child alert Monty that his client is keeping secrets, others join in to help keep Beau from a life in prison.

Monty’s pal Father Brennan Burke has a hand in the investigation, as does Monty’s estranged wife, Maura. Watching all this is Normie, Monty and Maura’s daughter, who has the gift of second sight. When she starts having visions that involve Beau, she can’t tell whether they reflect something he’s done in the past or something he might do in the future. It then becomes clear that Normie and Monty must rely on each other to discover the truth about Peggy’s death.

©2010 Anne Emery (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"[T]best of the series. It has a solid plot, good characters and a very strange child who has visions." (Globe and Mail)

"By having Normie tell the story, Arthur Ellis Award-winning Emery allows readers to walk beside the girl as she deals with her second sight, the abuse of other children, and the anguish she feels when the peace of her home life is threatened. Not since Robert K. Tannenbaum's Lucy Karp, a young woman who talks with saints, have we seen a more poignant rendering of a female child with unusual powers." (Library Journal)

Good listen. Reader's ability to change characters

What did you love best about Children in the Morning: A Collins-Burke Mystery, Book 5?

The readers ability to protray characters was well done

What did you like best about this story?

Outcome of the mystery

Which character – as performed by Christian Rummel – was your favorite?

Normie

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No reaction just captured by the story to follow it to the end