The Cranefly Orchid Murders

I found this book more enjoyable than the first book in the series. There was more plot, though there was only one story line (some of my favorite series have multiple side plots, often continuing from book to book). Ninety two year old Victoria does more to uncover the murderer this time around. No......more

In spite of my complaints about the first book, I decided I liked the characters well enough to keep reading. This book was much better than the first. The killer's identity wasn't a complete surprise, but there was just enough suspense to keep me going.......more

Greedy developer buys acreage from an elderly woman, Phoebe, promising her she could live out her days at her home. But, Loch Ness wants to build mansions on three acre plots ASAP. Our girl, Victoria, find the dead body of a shady lawyer and discovers the land grab. She is asked by a conservationist......more

#2 in the Martha Vineyard mystery series with feisty 92-year-old Victoria Trumbull as an ordinary civilian whom circumstances thrust into the role of sleuth. Victoria knows more about the island and its people, then and now, than anyone else living. The knowledge has helped her solve one murder and......more

Just a note to say I read the paperback of this book. This was the first book I’ve read by Cynthia Riggs and I’m not sure I will read more. It normally takes me a day to read a novel and this took almost a week because I could not get into the story. The premise was good, a 92 year old woman who is......more