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Review: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
The “main event” in this new No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel is the wedding of Miss Grace Makutsi to her beloved, Phuti Radiphuti. Miss Makutsi, as devotees of this series know, is an assistant to the head detective, Precious … Continue reading
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Tagged Botswana, Cozy Mystery, Female Detectives, Precious Ramotswe
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Review: The Body In the Gazebo by Katherine Hall Page
While her friend Pix is away for a family wedding, Faith Fairchild agrees to look in on Pix’s mother Ursula while she’s recuperating following a hospital stay. During a series of visits, the elderly woman tries to enlist Faith – … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur sleuths, Cozy Mystery, Faith Fairchild, Female Detectives, Massachusetts, Murder, Pix Miller
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Review: A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
If Maisie Dobbs isn’t the best heroine in crime fiction, she’s definitely one of the top two. In A Lesson in Secrets, Maisie is asked by Britain’s Secret Service to take on a job teaching philosophy at a “peace college” … Continue reading
Review: One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (April 2011)
Clare Fergusson changed from her clerical garb into a military uniform, and her title from “Reverend” to Major” when she served a tour of duty as a helicopter pilot in the Middle East war. Now she’s back in Millers Kill, … Continue reading
Review: Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy
Grace Wheaton and several other new staffers have been brought in to catapult Marshfield Manor into the modern world. It’s a stately mansion with a luxury hotel on the grounds – a tourist Mecca filled with valuable antiques and artifacts. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cozy Mystery, Female Detectives, Julie Hyzy, Manor House Mystery, Mysteries
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Review: Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy
With a new president in residence, White House Chef Ollie Paras is concerned about whether she has a future in her dream job. She alienates the new First Lady by sticking to established protocol, not allowing the First Kids to … Continue reading
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Tagged Female Detectives, Julie Hyzy, Mysteries, Recipes, White House Chef
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Review: In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
Molly Murphy meets a group of Vassar graduates while walking for women’s suffrage in New York’s Easter Parade. Soon her detective agency has two new clients from among them. One wants her to help find out the truth of her … Continue reading
Review: Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree by Nancy Atherton
Lori Shepherd’s father-in-law has purchased a decrepit old home, Fairworth, and is restoring it with Lori’s help. But before he’s barely moved in, William Willis, Sr. gets roped into allowing his home to be used to pull off an elaborate … Continue reading
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Tagged Aunt Dimity, Cotswolds, Cozy Mystery, England, Female Detectives, Ghosts, Nancy Atherton
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Review: Bless the Bride by Rhys Bowen
Molly Murphy is tired of sewing her trousseau under the watchful (and critical) eyes of her future mother-in-law. She longs to be back in New York City, where she plies her trade as a private detective. That’s much to the … Continue reading