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That's the Ticket and Voices in the Coal Bin

By: Mary Higgins Clark
Narrated by: Carol Higgins Clark
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Publisher's summary

Acclaimed suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark presents two short stories narrated by her daughter Carol:

"That's the Ticket!"

Ernie and Wilma Bean have finally made it! Their lucky number has won the special Christmas lottery. Wilma is out of town, though, and it's tough to keep news like that a secret for too long. It couldn't hurt to celebrate a little with Loretta Thistlebottom, could it?

"Voices in the Coal Bin"

The country cabin where Mike spent so many idyllic summers with his grandmother ought to be the perfect place for his wife, Laurie, to recover from the nightmares of her childhood. But now that Mike and Laurie have arrived, what could be causing such an ominous feeling to come over both of them?

©1990 Mary Clark (P)1990 Phoenix Books
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Very Good!

I really enjoyed these short stories.
Thanks to Mary and Carol Higgins Clark.
Recommend these.

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Two stories that don'rt belong together

There is a serious tonal dissonance here. Why someone would put these two stories together as a mini collection is beyond me. Especially since Voice in the Coal Bin appears in other collections on audible like "Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories" and the two never appeared together in a printed collection. It is a weird choice.

That's the Ticket is a light hearted and comedic mystery as a married couple attempts to find a winning lottery ticket. It has a sweetness of two people, long married, and very used to each other's foibles try to solve a problem. It really was a strong story and I liked the audio read and the thrust. It is also a bit of a Christmas story set during the holiday season. It is charming.

Voices in the Coal Bin is a much shorter tale of a young couple dealing with a mental breakdown and trying to recover. There is a sense of decay to the entire story and a darkness to the ending. I found it less satisfying as its brevity doesn't give time to invest with the characters. It does have a wonderful sense of ambiance and the reader does a good job.

Still I don't recommend listening to both stories in one sitting and I feel neither story is Mary Higgins Clark at her best,

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