Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville

I love these stories. I tell you what they are the best story that I've heard in a long time my granddaughter loves them also we sit together on the weekends and listen to them and she enjoys and just as much as much as I do.

This was a brilliant story from beginning to end. When Uncle John finds he owns a farm by default according to some business events transacted for him, he decided to go off with the nieces to stay for the summer and escape the New York heat. He sent word to the ‘agent to order it made liveable. The sleepy town of Millville begins to wake up with interest as furnishings arrive that they had never seen before. When the house is ready, Uncle John’s entourage arrives. The villagers are amazed! The girls are delighted with the beautiful house and even with the surroundings, though they have been told the land was not fit for farming. They became interested in the story of the man who had lived there previously. He had been a ship’s captain. Even though he built a very beautiful house for his wife, she was very sad all the time. Eventually she had a son and soon died. That left the man with his servants. At some point later, the Captain and another old man he knew, were together when they had a shock. The Captain collapsed and died and his friend became mad and paralysed in his lower limbs. All this intrigued the girls suggested a romantic story. They began to have all sorts of ideas...what if it was murder! They decided to become detectives and began questioning almost everyone about the story. This of course, brought all sorts of adventures. One could just imagine a group of young ladies playing at detectives with wild ideas and making a mystery of everything curious they heard about this story that had so caught their interests. The pace of the story plot, the lighthearted fun and the excitement of the adventures kept me interested to the end. I would definitely recommend the book. The readers were fine, with the exception of the reading of chapter 13. It was a very poor recording and very difficult to listen to.

Some of the narrators were great, and really made the story come alive.