This mystery takes place in Ireland - Dublin - mostly in a small part of Dublin called the Liberties. The main character, Frank, grew up there, left and became an undercover cop
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This novel takes place in Appalachia in the 30s. A woman is accused of murdering her father. The trial is attracting all sorts of attention. This is because the woman is educated and pretty and from the mountains of Appalachia - where as we all know the people are backward and uneducated
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This is a contemporary story of a woman who is asked to finish a just found beginning of a new Jane Austen novel. She finds it very difficult. We also get to know lots about her life.
I read this quite a while ago. I remember thinking it was ok, it certainly kept me involved, but it wasn't exceptional.
This mystery was just ok. The paranormal part was written ok. Our heroine, Madeira/Maddy, has the power to see ghosts when she touches vintage clothing. And sometimes at other times. (Make up your mind author
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This book takes place in the Sorcery and Cecilia universe (if you've read that book by Stevermer and Patricia Wrede). You don't need to know anything about the other books to understand this one
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I read this kid's book because 1) one of the main character's names is Lynn, 2) it's a Newbery Award Book and 3) it's about Japanese Americans. It's aimed at middle schoolers
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