The Cold Light of Mourning : A Penny Brannigan Mystery (Paperback)

from Iambookish

I love a good cozy, so I was happy to discover an author and a series I hadn't yet read! Also lucky for me I was able to find the other books in the series just waiting for me on the shelf of my local library! Sorry to the other patrons who might want to check them out, I promise I will have them...

from LesaHolstine

The Cold Light of Mourning is a breath of fresh air, with its female sleuth who shows some intelligence in her dealing with the police. It's a mystery with an interesting collection of characters, including the local minister and his wife, and the investigating police officers. There's even a tou...

from tututhefirst

Elizabeth Duncan has chosen a quiet, picturesque setting in Wales, given us a transplanted Canadian as the protagonist, and has helped the genre immensely by getting us out of the bake shops, catering, cooking business and planting her amateur sleuth in a small one-woman manicure shop. The town's...

from cathyskye

First Line: Emma Teasdale had been ill for some time and on a cool evening in early June, alone and peacefully, she died. When visiting the market town of Llanelen in North Wales as a young student, Penny Brannigan was taken under schoolteacher Emma Teasdale's wing. They became fast friends, and...

from Hanneri

This easy-to-read, cozy mystery was a first from this author. It has the same wit and charm that you find in Agatha Christie mysteries with a late middle-aged manicurist who finds herself in the middle of the mystery of a vanishing bride who was last seen at her nail salon. With a touch of romanc...