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First published in 1897, this mystery with a female detective even has a wonderful coroner's inquest scene (for fans of courtroom drama)! Given the time period, this is a nosey, older, single woman character. But I enjoyed her self-confidence. The author apparently wrote a number of mysteries with Miss Butterworth & more with her male detective character Mr. Gryce. It's a pick for me. If you like Miss Marple, you might give Miss Butterworth a try.

I am not an inquisitive woman, but when, in the middle of a certain warm night in September, I heard a carriage draw up at the adjoining house and stop, I could not resist the temptation of leaving my bed and taking a peep through the curtains of my window.

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@ShyBookOwl

Now that I've got my #bookspin books, here is my amazingly ambitious #weeklyforecast for all the weeks in June. This is not even half the books I currently have checked out of the library! Plus I'm transitioning back to in-office work which means losing 2 precious hours of reading time a day in commutes! Most of these I hope to finish, but some I'll be happy if I just make some progress on them.

Here's to reading All The Books!
@cinfhen

Starting a new book at lunch today. I'm liking it pretty well so far. One of the Library of Congress crime classics series.

It's a nice day to lunch and read on my back porch. I think I'm going to move my office out here for the rest of the day. 🌞

#lunchtimereading

News that is new to me this morning, the Library of Congress is partnering with Poisoned Pen Press for a new series of crime classics, drawn from books in the LOC collections.
Launching spring 2020. 👍📚

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-091/library-of-congress-crime-classics-bring-new...