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The Book Nook Mysteries

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Many of the Mysteries that we read take place in New England
and some are even set on Cape Cod!

 

Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil
by Nancy Atherton

Talk about a cozy English mystery! Lori Shepard, alone in the world and nearly homeless, inherits a beautiful cottage across the Atlantic in the English countryside. She has no idea who her benefactor is... That is the beginning of this charming series. Atherton writes Lori as a modern woman who gets to live an idyllic old-fashioned life. She is able to solve the mysteries that cross her path with the help of her "Aunt" Dimity. Dimity had been her mother's best friend during wartime. Both women are now departed, but Dimity is able to keep in touch with the daughter she never had by way of a diary that mystically pens her thoughts from the other world. Aunt Dimity, if you haven't guessed it yet is the one who bequeathed the English cottage to Lori...

This is probably my favorite story in the Faith     Fairchild series... no wait, all of them are! She's the kind of writer I can't to see a new book from...
Raised in New York City, Faith has married a minister and now resides in Aleford, Massachusetts. Even though she has left the city life behind, Faith never has a moment that I would call dull! Homicide abounds in the small town of Aleford and it is up to Faith, in between serving up gourmet treats and doing her best to be accepted by her new community, to stop the mayhem. Faith is an absolute blast, I wish she was my neighbor!      

The Ape Who Guards the Balance
by Elizabeth Peters

Husband and wife Amelia and Radcliffe  are British archaeologists flying off to Eygpt each year to hopefully make some contributions to the study of ancient Egypt. Not a year goes by without them finding themselves in the middle of a modern day (circa 1900's) mystery. Sometimes it's a pesky corpse appearing inopportunely to interfere with their work, at other times it is none other than the "Master Criminal" Seethos lying in wait for the most opportune moment to capture Amelia... is it really just for her knowledge of Egyptian artifacts? The couples precocious son, Ramses, adds to the mix as does the cat, Bastet.

                      Wish you Were Here
          by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown

Do you love mysteries? Do you love animals? Rejoice! Mrs Murphy (the tiger cat) and Tee Tucker (the Corgi) are here to save the day! Literally! Or would that be literarily? Anyway... the aforementioned animals live with their human Mom, Mary Minor Harristeen (Harry), in little old Crozet, Virginia where she is the postmistress. Harry is  young, divorced, and living on the farm her parents left to her. Her animals keep her company and keep her safe, as murder abounds in Crozet. Luckily, all the animals can talk to each other about the clues they find. Too bad Harry doesn't understand what they are trying to tell her...

Death of a Scriptwriter
by M C Beaton

This is a great mystery series set in modern day, in the Highlands of Scotland. Hamish Macbeth is the local constable, well liked, but known for his laziness. Happy to fish for his supper, his lack of ambition (turning down the promotion offered each time he solves a murder) is what stands between himself and the woman he is in love with, Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. Will Hamish turn out to be a confirmed bachelor?

       Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
                          by M C Beaton

Agatha is one cool retiree. She has left her career in London behind to relax in the Cotswolds. Will she ever fit in with the villagers? Will she ever get half a chance to find out before she stumbles upon yet another corpse? Agatha is a tough cookie, but her soft side shows through when she falls in puppy love with her neighbor, (who she tries to rope into everything) James Lacey.

This series, featuring Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, will make you laugh out loud.

Davidson serves up gourmet mysteries in her Goldilock's Catering series. Her plots and her recipes are equally delicious...

                          Stephanie Barron
 Jane Austen solving mysteries? You bet! Scandal set amid the gentry in 18th century England...