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Bibliography: Malliet, G.M. (2011). Wicked Autumn. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN: 978- 0312646974 Plot Summary:  Former MI5 agent, current Episcopal parish priest, Max Tudor finds the gossip and goings on of Nether Monkslip to be just his speed.  But when the brash president of the Woman’s Institute turns up dead during the village Haverst [...]

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Bibliography: Moore, Graham. (2010).  The Sherlockian.  New York: Grand Central Publishing.  ISBN: 978-0446572590 Plot Summary:  Sherlockian and minor researcher Harold White is thrilled to be inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars.  And then a real-life murder mystery worthy of Holmes himself lands in his lap–a prominent Doyle scholar is dead after announcing he has found a [...]

Mystery Series Week, October 2-8 How did I not know about this special week?  According to Chase’s Annual Events, “[m]ystery series week is a celebration of continuing characters in mystery fiction.”  I have always said I was a mystery junkie.  But really, I LOVE mystery series.  The best series deliver great characters, settings and an [...]

Bibliography: Coben, Harlan. (1998). One False Move.  New York:  ISBN: 0385323697 Plot Summary: Basketball star Brenda Slaughter is as beautiful as she is tough.  Twenty years ago, Brenda’s mother disappeared, and just as she is set to join the women’s pro basketball scene, her father disappears too. She reluctantly agrees to accept sports agent Myron Bolitar’s [...]

Bibliography: Fluke, Joanne.  (2011).  Devil’s Food Cake Murder.  New York: Kensington. ISBN: 978-0758234919 Plot Summary:  Still torn between dentist Norman and detective Mike, Hannah Swensen manages to stumble over another body in between baking and serving cookies at The Cookie Jar.  The visiting minister winds up dead, and the only witness is a mynah bird squawking ”The Wages [...]