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When I first discovered the joy of all the wonderful mysteries that were out there beyond Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and Trixie Belden, I read a lot of mystery short story collections.  There were collections from groups such as Malice Domestic, celebrating traditional mysteries in the vein of Agatha Christie,  and Sisters in Crime, [...]

The Anne books and all the short stories by L.M. Montgomery are all intertwined in my mind with the wonderful movies by Kevin Sullivan which I remember watching on PBS when they first came out.  After that, I had to read all the Anne books, followed by the Emily books, the Story Girl, several other [...]

Bibliography: Noyes, Deborah. August, 2008. The Ghosts of Kerfol. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763630003. Plot Summary: In Kerfol, Edith Wharton tells the story of Anne de Barrigan, a French woman who was accused of murdering her overbearing older husband. She claims to have heard a pack of dogs near his body in the dark, [...]