Miss Dimple Disappears by Mignon F. Ballard

Everyone’s favorite first grade teacher Dimple Kilpatrick vanishes while out for a morning walk.  The entire town of Elderberry, Georgia gets involved in the search for her.  Ten year-old Willie Elrod is sure that Nazi spies have kidnapped her.  Her colleagues Charlie and Annie think that Willie has a vivid imagination – but it is [...]

Murder on the Bride’s Side by Tracy Kiely

A southern mansion, an insecure heroine who loves Jane Austen, a nasty stepmother, and murder on the day of the wedding – it all adds up to an entertaining mystery.  Kiely writes with humor, creates likeable characters, and surprised me with the denouement.  Highly recommended.

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]