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Loretta Lawson, English professor and sometime sleuth, is looking forward to a quiet Christmas, putting the finishing touches on her Edith Wharton biography and spending quality time with her new beau, Robert. And then Sandra calls. A member of Loretta's disbanded women's group, she's in desperate need of a place to stay over the holidays, and what can Loretta do but let her sleep on the foldout couch for a few days.

Unfortunately, a few days turns into a bit more, and Loretta begins to feel persecuted in her own flat. Still, when Sandra vanishes without a word around New Year's, Loretta grows worried. Making a few calls, tracking down their old group, Loretta finds herself crawling about Sandra's strange private life, uncovering sordid truths that might have something to do with her mysterious and troubling disappearance...
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An enjoyable mystery. I like Loretta, and I enjoyed her interaction with her ex-husband.

In the OBCZ.

On my visit north I just had to drop a few books off at Kariong where the bookshelf is overflowing, so I picked a few up as well. I can never pass up a mystery.

The plot was good but there was a very slow start. I liked her intention to write about women crime novelists and even mentioning Joan Smith among Baroness Orczy, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and ngaio Marsh.

Release #136 for 2016 ... 

Caught at today's meet-up, on to Mt TBR.

On to the shelves.

To the finder of this book -
Please let me know it is in safe hands by journalling that you have caught it, you are under no obligation to read it and Bookcrossing is completely anonymous.

Done the rounds here in Australia now on another shelf