The Cozy Mystery List Blog

I am trying to go through some of the questions you all have sent me either by comments posted on the blog, or by letters. Here is another question from a Cozy Mystery site reader.

Julie asks:

“Have you heard of a cozy series, featuring a man who collects toy cars, Dinky toys? He has a couple of friends who help in his sleuthing. I read the books years ago, but can’t remember the author. The books are set in England.”

If you think you might know the author or the series, please post a comment.

Thank you!

PS>>> I just looked up Dinky Toys and found that they are little, miniature die-cast cars which were made by the British Meccano Ltd. company.

Sue asked me the following:

“Hoping someone can help me. I’ve been searching for years for a book I read around 1969 or thereabouts. A woman goes in search of her sister, taking her cat with her. The cat likes a saucer of beer once in awhile. The woman develops pleurisy and has her ribs taped up. When she finally locates her sister, it turns out that the sister is *******. The woman might be a librarian (not sure) and she drives an old car (might be a Volkswagen, not sure).”

If you have any idea of who the author is, or the series, please post a comment.

Thank you!

PS>>> I had to look up “pleurisy” :” inflammation of the pleura, characterized by pain that is aggravated by deep breathing or coughing”

Which led me to have to look up “pleura” : “a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.”

I love this site:  http://dictionary.reference.com/

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I substituted “*******” in Sue’s question. It stands for the ‘bad guy.’

Isabella asked for help locating new books by Dicey Deere:

“So can someone please comment on what Dicey Deere is doing, and whether there is a chance of her writing anymore books.
I know that there are many authors out there, but I really love her writing and how the stories take place in Ireland.”

Does anyone know if Dicey Deere is writing under another name?