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Southern Girl Marries a Scottish Man, Queen’s Audience, Disappearance at Sea…

Wow! That last Mystery Author’s Mystery Identity was fast! I hope you all are on a streak! My next question is from Annette:

…” Can you help me find this author?
 
First book, as I remember it, plot is that a southern girl marries a Scottish man and they have an audience with the Queen.  In a subsequent book, the girl returns to the states as her husband has disappeared from a research vessel in the Atlantic Ocean; she returns and I remember her brother is a character in the book.  If it rings a bell, please let me know.
 
Thanks so much”…

Again, if you think you know the identity of this author, please post a comment for Annette. Thank you!

Mystery Book with Antique Shop, Scrap of Paper, Harpsichord, and Secret Room…

Lila posted a comment asking the following:

“Forgive me if this is not a place to ask, but I have been trying to find the title and author of an audiobook I heard about 10 years ago. The best summary I can give of the plot follows. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you:

A young woman finds a scrap of paper in a small, old harpsichord (clavichord or similar?) from an antique shop she is running (purchased or just minding – not sure). The scrap may also be quite old, but the words on the paper cause her to think someone may be currently in trouble and she feels compelled to investigate. She eventually makes her way to a manse (possibly in New England – again not sure) and there finds a hidden room and danger (of course).”

If you think you might have a clue for Lila as to whom the author could be, please post a comment. (I will be so embarrassed if this is an author I read!)

Cleo Coyle’s Invitation for You to Drop By…

On July 7, Cleo Coyle posted a comment that I want to be sure you ALL get a chance to see. It looks like August is going to be a fun month over at her website… with some “fun themed giveaways”…

Hi Danna – I’m dropping by to say thank you kindly for listing my new release (Murder by Mocha). I’m in great company this August, and I hope everyone enjoys their summer reading.

I’ll be doing some fun themed giveaways in August via my web site so drop on by. I’m also happy to report that Roast Mortem (last year’s HC Coffeehouse Mystery) will be released August 2nd in paperback form, and AudioGo (BBC Audiobooks America) has purchased rights to put the entire Coffeehouse Mystery back list in audio form for the first time. (This was a long time coming, and it’s great news.)

Finally, I didn’t want to pop in empty handed. :) Murder by Mocha will include chocolate recipes, but two of the most popular summer recipes on my site involve strawberries and limes. I hope you and your site visitors enjoy them. For a free PDF of my (Low Fat) Strawberry Muffins click here. For my Key Lime Coolers (cookies) click here, and…

Enjoy your summer!
~ Cleo Coffeehouse Mystery.com
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Where Does the Time Go?!?

Good grief! Today is one of those days I simply dread. Yep! It’s the first day of my two day clean- the-house days. I still feel the same as I did about twenty years ago when we moved into our home… well, almost the same. What has me worried is that I used to be able to whip through the house – vacuum, dust, clean bathrooms, and mop – all in one day.This was a good thing, since I cleaned our house every week.

But, now that my cleaning is accomplished with my reading glasses on, I find it takes twice the time to do half the job… well, almost. I blame it on being able to see a whole lot better with my reading glasses, but, I have to concede that I used to have perfect vision, so that probably doesn’t account for the huge time increase. I can blame the use of the reading glasses on my need to get the high allergen dust out of the house, not my twenty-year-older eyes.

The only saving grace about this whole housework routine is that I listen to my audible books while doing these awful chores. Currently, I am listening to Patricia Wentworth‘s first Miss Maud Silver’s mystery. I actually read Grey Mask before, but now that audible.com has her books, I want to listen to them in the correct order. I discovered Patricia Wentworth’s mysteries after receiving several recommendations from Cozy Mystery site readers for me to add her to the site. She is one of the Cozy Mystery author gems I have added to my ever-growing list of favorite authors. And, she definitely falls into the traditional definition of Cozies… which I LOVE!

I didn’t mean to go off on a tangent… but, since this is one of my breaks from those pesky house chores, I am guessing that is why I am meandering. And, now that it takes me twice the time to clean the house, I admit I only do a major house cleaning every two weeks… which is more than enough for me – but possibly not enough for my husband… although he absolutely NEVER complains.

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