Recently I was in Ann Arbor, MI and went into Aunt Agatha's - a mystery-only bookstore. I asked the bookseller, of all the things in the store, what would he recommend? Without hesitation, he said Louise Penny. I bought her first one - Still Life - and I was hooked. When I got home to Vermont I went to Rivendell (Montpelier), which is the best used book store around, and I stocked up on other Louise Penny books. Besides being good mysteries, without blood and gore, they are also set in Quebec Provence - just a stone's throw away across the border. I love reading books set in places I know so for me, that is a bonus.

I'll leave this somewhere between Vermont and Maryland as I travel home for Christmas. Happy Holidays!