โ Scribed by B. Comfort
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The enterprising Vermont sleuth Tish McWhinny -- whom Booklist calls "an absolutely first-rate companion" -- returns in her fifth Vermont mystery, on the trail of a murderer at a local dog show.Tish McWhinny reluctantly gets involved in restoring an old painting for a dog show promotion -- harmless enough, but then the painting is stolen and someone is murdered. Is the crime connected to the rather shady new couple now running the local store? What about the retired Royal Navy man, now much interested in art, who unexpectedly turns up? Or niece Sophie's secretive new boyfriend? It takes all Tish's ingenuity, as well as the help of her courtly friend Hilary Oats and free-spirit Sophie, to find out what's going on and catch a cold criminal. "Lofton, Vermont, is a place I'd like to live -- right next door to Tish McWhinny, if possible. Barbara Comfort's Vermont mysteries have the wonderful quality of being both mysterious and friendly. I love that saucy,...
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"Levelheaded septuagenarian Tish McWhinny, seen before in _The Cashmere Kid_ , has her hands full in this delightful caper set in Vermont." --_Publishers Weekly_
"Tish McWhinny is Miss Marple without the cuteness, brought up to date and plunked down in Vermont. She is gutsy and audacious...." --Margaret Maron When B. Comfort's _The Cashmere Kid_ appeared in 1993, _Publishers Weekly_ wrote, "Vermont goat-herding may not sound like material for a gripping mys
A Vermont Village Mystery.B. Comfort's fourth mystery novel begins in the Farrar-Mansur House, Weston's museum on the green, and follows Tish McWhinney from Woodstock to Soho, to Hanover New Hampshire and Craftsbury Common.
**A young winemaker is over a barrel when her new boyfriend is accused of murder in this delightful cozy mystery.** It's fall in Boulder, Colorado, and the leaves aren't the only things changing. Parker Valentine, owner of Vino Valentine, is finally settling in to her winery and her new relationsh
Introduction / Thomas F. Godfrey -- Back for Christmas / John Collier -- Mr. Big / Woody Allen -- The adventure of the blue carbuncle / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the Christmas pudding / Agatha Christie -- Dancing Dan's Christmas / Damon Runyon -- Cambric tea / Marjorie Bowen -- Death on
Introduction / Thomas F. Godfrey -- Back for Christmas / John Collier -- Mr. Big / Woody Allen -- The adventure of the blue carbuncle / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the Christmas pudding / Agatha Christie -- Dancing Dan's Christmas / Damon Runyon -- Cambric tea / Marjorie Bowen -- Death on