January 2010 Books

Vi Agra Falls by Mary Daheim

What could be worse than having your husband's ex-wife move into your neighborhood? Judith Flynn is trying to run a relaxing bed and breakfast when Vivian and her new, much younger husband buy a house on the quiet cul-de-sac. is Billy Buss her fifth or sixth husband? Who's keeping track?
Vivian and her toy boy throw a huge, noisy party that attracts the cops and the ire of the neighborhood. But the morning after, during a massive cleanup, a body is found hanging in Vivian's back yard.
Judith's husband Joe, a retired cop, wants her to steer clear of the police investigation. But she's losing business and her sleep. Of course, she'll find the killer.
A solid entry in Daheim's long running series.


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Our Wisconsin River by Nels Akerlund
Complete book of underground houses by Rob Roy
Murder can wreck your reunion by Selma Eichler
Uncommon grounds by Sandra Balzo
Storey's guide to raising llamas by Gale Birutta
Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms by Paul Stamets
Bubbles betrothed by Sarah Strohmeyer
Cherry blossom corpse by Robert Barnard
Fatal grace by Louise Penny
Whisper to the living by Stuart Kaminsky
Case of the tough talking turkey by Claudia Bishop
Write away by Elizabeth George
Savage cut by Jo Dereske
Three can keep a secret by Judy Clemens
Conventional corpse by Joan Hess
Bookmarked for death by Lorna Barrett
Welsh rabbit by Douglas Carstens
Impact by Douglas Preston
Vi Agra Falls by Mary Daheim
Death of a valentine by M.C. Beaton
Think fast, Mr. Peters by Stuart Kaminsky
Merry wives of Maggody by Joan Hess
Agatha Raisin and the case of the curious curate by M.C. Beaton