"Levelheaded septuagenarian Tish McWhinny, seen before in _The Cashmere Kid_ , has her hands full in this delightful caper set in Vermont." --_Publishers Weekly_
Phoebe's Knee (Tish McWhinny Mysteries)
โ Scribed by B. Comfort
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company;Foul Play Press
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0393351432
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โฆ Synopsis
"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 mystery, but in Comfort's hands it achieves that dimension." Now readers who missed the earlier adventures of Tish McWhinny can enjoy the very first, also set in the pristine, picture-perfect village of Lofton.
The tranquility of this southern Vermont haven is disturbed, however, when Tish's newest neighbor arrives and proves to be an entire cult. Calling itself The Ring of Right, its intent and purposes are anything by apparent.
Tish first senses that something is odd when a young reporter arrives to write an article on the "Ringers" and promptly disappears. Then, walking in the woods, Tish tumbles into what on examination seems to be an ancient Druid cave. By the...
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