Peg is an eager reader of good books. She is partial to cozy mysteries. One of her favorites is Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle. With the days growing shorter and darker and Christmas next month, what better time to read a cozy mystery about that special season?
Being partial to libraries and their wealth of words, Peg also turned to Better Late Than Never by Jenn McKinlay. Smiling mysteriously, Peg confessed that this library series has all the things she looks for in a good read: books, cats, and, of course, murders. Not, may I hasten to add, that Peg likes murders but she does like the way the protagonist goes about bringing the murderer to justice. I just wanted to be clear about that because Peg is really a gentle soul. But, then, who am I to say? I, after all, write books which contain not one, but several, murders.
Speaking of mysteries and mystery writers and Christmas, which is just around the corner, may I recommend a snowy, cozy mystery, Moonlight Can Be Murder? It, too, mentions a library and a librarian. You will find a cat, a librarian and a handsome chief of police too. Oh, and there’s not one, but two murders and a third near-miss. A mystery writer lives many lives through her characters and some of them get to be more than a little precarious.
Nancy, whose busy schedule includes traveling to many different speaking engagements, writing, and radio interviews has just completed an interview with Kathy Nickerson and has another lined up today with Elaine Marie Cooper, author of Saratoga Letters and Sage of Deer Run. Nancy has a story in Abba’s Promise, a collection of stories of God’s pledge to provide. As if this were not enough, Nancy will soon be off to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where she will be guest speaker for Christian Women’s Connection luncheon. Nancy’s book, The Grace Impact, is available on Amazon.
Jane and her son Mark recently returned from Houston, Texas, and a weekend of viewing fabulous art collections. The trip included a stop at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and seeing the work of Claude Monet: The Early Years.
Jane brought back pictures of the Bayou Bend Gardens, home of Ima Hogg, who was the daughter of Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg. Miss Hogg lived to be ninety-two and died in France on an art buying trip. Her home is breath-takingly beautiful, a museum of American fine furniture, art, china, pottery, and, of course, paintings.
While they were in Houston, Jane and Mark toured the Museum of Fine Arts and were enthralled with Degas. It was a wonderful exhibit.
My contribution to this lively crew was the current chapter of By the Fright of the Silvery Moon. Ned McNeil is in a coffee shop on a foggy day in Ednalee, Oklahoma, discussing the Old Houses Club with her friends Pat and Jackie. Greta, the librarian, breezes into the shop and invites Ned to join the club and host a luncheon for this group. As she drives home through ever-thickening fog, Ned notices a car following closely behind her….
And so ended another Cozy Critique on a beautiful, sunny November day. No fog yesterday, just crisp air and fall leaves on the outside, coffee and animated conversation on the inside. A perfect combination.
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