Last Chance, Texas

By: D. K. Kerr

Narrated by: D. K. Kerr

Last Chance, Texas, has the highest literacy rate in the state, and it may have been due to the unusual influence Ms. Hatty, the librarian, had over the small town. When the lovely old library burns to the ground, along with Ms. Hatty, her influence extends beyond the grave with the last nine books left in a box. Each book was earmarked by a sticky note with the recipient's name.

The nine books are random, from a grimy copy of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas for the town's playboy, to Coding for Dummies for the brilliant computer analyst who consulted for Apple Industries. She indicated Marley and Me to go to a grumpy old coot known to hate dogs, and a copy of The Art of French Cooking to a cowgirl who couldn't boil water. She leaves Persuasion to her best and oldest friend, Dory Russell, who was a little too stuck up to mix with the folks in Last Chance. The rest of the books went to a random mix of people, all for Ms. Hatty's unfathomable reasons.

The entire town starts a reading frenzy. The wealthy and aristocratic Ms. Dory finds herself embroiled in the lives of people because they expect her to take over where Ms. Hatty left off. Meanwhile, a possible motive for the library arson becomes all too clear when the governor's office announces plans for a North/South Corridor, cutting directly through Last Chance. It will erase the town and give a few ranchers with large adjoining acreages millions of dollars in an eminent domain deal.

Ms. Hatty, with her Democratic Party influence and political clout, would have stood in the way of the Corridor Deal. What does Ms. Hatty's death and the Corridor deal have in common? Ms. Dory is afraid she knows, and the truth isn't pretty.

©2018 Deborah K. Henely (P)2018 Deborah K. Henely

Great story!

Librarians rock! This is a great librarian story. My only complaint is some static comes through when the narrator speaks. I tried listening on two different devices.

Great story

Great story, really enjoyed listening. Characters nicely developed. Worth a listen. 4 stars, narration was not the best.

Good Listen

When the library burns down and with the beloved librarian, everyone in town feels her loss. Ms. Hatty was more to those in town than just the librarian, she was a friend, someone who pushed its citizens to enjoy reading and encouraged the underprivileged children to reach goals they thought they would never reached. Something wasn't right, many felt it, was it an accident or was it murder? While the authorities refused to call it murder, they were investigating while those who loved her trying to get their lives together without Ms. Hatty. This was very enjoyable and a good listen Ms. Kerr did a wonderful job writing this and narrating it also.

Last Chance

This is an excellent book.It sucked me in despite the narration by the author.The story is about a library burning down and the librarian being killed.It was arson,but who would do it?The librarians will gives certain books to nine people in town.It becomes the talk of the town.
Now to the narration.Ms Kerr writes well,but her reading it was a trial to listen to.I was looking for what bells my cats found to play with before ralizing that it was actualy a dog collar on the audio.There was barking and noise from other people.Stumbling over words and repeating lines was also an issue.
I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.