The Dollhouse Murders

By: Betty Ren Wright

Narrated by: Carol Jordan Stewart

Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Twelve-year-old Amy knows there's some connection between Aunt Claire's old dollhouse in her great-grandparents' attic and a deadly family secret from years ago. Aunt Claire seems upset about the dollhouse, which is a replica of the house they're in, but she's not talking.

Then Amy discovers that the dolls, who look like her relatives, move! They seem to be trying to tell her something, but Aunt Claire refuses to believe her, or answer any questions. Can Amy unravel the mystery and liberate her aunt from her burden? This fast-paced adventure is a solid, suspenseful story sure to appeal to young mystery lovers.

©1983 Betty Ren Wright (P)1999 Live Oak Media

Fun Listen!

This book was a nice listen. Maybe a bit to scary for young children but it held my interest. It was well written and offered up some good life lessons.

4th graders love it!!

We read this story as a class, and my students loved it.
The plot was captivating and thrilled them to the point where they wanted to continue reading, even if time was up.
We had great discussions and predictions of what was going to happen.
I highly recommend this story!!!!

holds up!

I definitely read this book several times as a kid. as an adult I was a little apprehensive to revisit it, but wanted a dose of nostalgia. Holds up better than a lot of books from my childhood. the protagonists responses to situations felt mostly very real for a kid her age, which I appreciated. A good read for kids, and okay read is an adult if you want something pretty easy and a dose of nostalgia for what it's like to be a kid with an interest in mysteries.

nostalgic story from my youth

this was my favorite book when I was young
I lived to revisit it this way

I always wished for an amazing doll house like the one in the story

I can remember the chill that went down my spine when I read certain parts of this as a little girl

it was my first introduction to a "scary" story

Childhood favorite

My mom read this story to me and my brother many times before bed for years. It terrified me at that point in my life. It began a lifelong journey of loving murder mysteries. I didn't care for the person reading the story. Too many of the people reading stories on audible are annoying. That is my critic'.

great story

I always loved this book and movie. I did see that there were complaints about the reader but I didn't see an issue with how she read for each character.

Special Time With My Girls

My 2 girls and I listened this together for 2 weeks before bed. They LOVED it!! Narrator did fantastic job. Just scary enough....my 10 & 7 year of girls could still sleep at night.

The dollhouse murders

The person reading the story is very dull and boring. Couldn't distinguish between characters.

Surprising and brilliant

After the first chapter, I wasn't really sure how the plot would unfold but it was unexpected and quite brilliant. An engrossing tale that keeps you hooked. I'm very glad I gave it a chance.

I loved point horror as a young teen and wish that I had read this back then! But better late than never.