Ornery grandma Ellicott from the Charlotte &Thomas Pitt series transforms herself into a kindly wise - and desirable -matron.as she solves the mystery of her missing hostess & childhood friend.

I heard about this book through BookTok. It is the author’s debut book, and I highly recommend it. I love how she weaves in pieces of Egyptian culture into this story and the way she builds such beautiful character depth. I read it in literally two days because I could not put it down. The second and final book of this series is supposed to be released in 2024!

A middle-class Japanese-American family from California in the 1940s was forced into an interminterment camo

This 3rd book in the quilting series highlights a group of close friends who had met at the Elm Creek Quilting Camp. They set themselves a challenge of quilting a block to bring to the next year's camp to be made into a single quilt. However, they could not begin working on their block until having solved a major problem that impacted their joy of life - whether mental, physical, career, family, or whatever. It's another page-turner, but as an audiobook, I found it hard the keep the names & situations straight.

This story takes place in a .Mennonite colony - the hayloft of one of the barn. Several oof them had been tranquilizer & repeatedly raped by about 8 of the men. All ages had been savaged including a 3 year old. All able nmen of the colony had been arrested & jailed in town. While they were absent, the women met to discuss what steps, if any, they should undertakr

This is the 2nd in the Harriet Blue Detective series. Once again banished for duty in the outback to avoid interfering with her brother's trial, Harry must solve a murder and strange doings in town of 75, sited within the walls of a meteor crater.

Reflections of a Tuscarora writer on his youth on a reservation, and life on the border with the white culture.

Nice couple twists at the end, one I guessed and the other I did not. This was a recommendation from my niece who turned me on to this author.

This final book in the Detective Harry Blue series has our heroine locked away in a fierce women' prison. She soon finds herself facing difficult challenges: finding a junkie mother & her child - the family of her arch-nemesis, Detective Commissioner Wood; solving the murder of the prison's doctor; and exonerating her junkie cell mate Dolly of the crime.

Classic tale of a pre-teen girl's challenges in coming to a new home and school, making new friends, all while dealing with physical changes and deeper questions of God and religion.