“We’ve got gypsies!” Old Grimsy, Marsden-Lacey’s cantankerous town gossip, warns the patrons of The Traveller’s Inn one golden autumn afternoon. Soon, the quaint Yorkshire village is playing host to a family of exotic Romanis, three colorful narrowboats, and a rough bunch of Russian mafiosos who’ll stop at nothing to get their hands on a royal treasure lost to time. Martha Littleword and Helen Ryes find themselves up two their necks in chasing mobsters, running from Russians, inciting ghostly visitations and wreaking havoc in their love lives. Chief Johns has his work cut out for him keeping the villagers from rioting, corralling two adventure loving Southern girls and investigating the frightful deaths of two innocent women who knew too much. For good measure, Martha and Helen will throw in some sassiness, mix well with laughter, and add three heaping helpings of love from two cats and one fearless canine hero, Amos. It’s mystery and high jinks that only two Southern women, can pull off with fun, flair and the occasional bowl of jambalaya served cajun style.
Delightful characters blended with a dab of art history Although in this second novel I still quibble with Ms. Vansandt’s use of the comma, I certainly can’t fault her flair for creating delightful, quirky and enjoyable characters, nor her ability to wrap history into the present and thereby involve us vividly in lives both past an present. Her female characters, especially, are full of life and endlessly entertaining. The book is a gem — truly entertaining. I will definitely look forward to more offerings by this author. I found her first…
I was not disappointed! Helen and Martha are back to solve another … Having read this author’s first book, “Two Birds With One Stone,” I was eager to read the second one. I was not disappointed! Helen and Martha are back to solve another mystery. I love these two women. They are like two old friends I’ve known for a long time. I laughed out loud when reading the shenanigans they got themselves into. The story flows well and as another reviewer noted, the editing is excellent. Read these books! You will love them too. I hope the author plans many more…