The Tale of Briar Bank

Name: The Tale of Briar Bank
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
ISBN: 9781449814298

Author: Susan Wittig Albert

Series: Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter #5

Narrator: Virginia Leishman

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/18/2010

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

In this fifth delightful entry, Anthony and Agatha Award nominee Susan Wittig Albert re-imagines Beatrix Potter wearing her sleuthing cap as the village of Sawrey lies buried beneath a blanket of Christmas snow. While she and her animal friends investigate a puzzling death, Miss Potter wonders if she can acknowledge her fondness for Mr. Heelis and still remain loyal to her fiancE's memory.

About Susan Wittig Albert

Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of A Wilder Rose, about Rose Wilder Lane and the writing of the Little House books. Her award-winning fiction also includes mysteries in the China Bayles series, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries she has written with her husband, Bill Albert, under the pseudonym of Robin Paige. She is founder and current president of the Story Circle Network and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by C. (Never PM. Comment, or e-mail if private!)

Susan Wittig Albert's historical series "The Cottage Tales Of Beatrix Potter" whirls across the spectrum. It is a unique introduction to the creator of hundred year-old stories, in Lake District life with talking animals. You believe Beatrix Potter would have been a keen sleuth and enjoy the variety......more

Goodreads review by Mary

Pure escapism. I needed this to distract me from my disgust with the gullible, media-spun, lotus eating individuals who voted for the Obama-Biden ticket in this presidential election. If the shoe fits.............more

Goodreads review by Kim

I really love this series! I just love the mix of the era, the personalities, the fantasy and the animals. And when the dragon appeared, the little girl in me clapped her hands in delight! And it was a NICE dragon! I've read The Wind in the Willows over and over again since I was a child and find st......more