Cynthia Riggs
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Cynthia Riggs gives us the story of how Victoria Trumbell, the energetic nonagenarian amateur sleuth, first came to be a police deputy. While a conflict ensues between the town's retiring minister and his successor, both named Jack, four parishioners have unexpectedly died after being sent anonymous food baskets.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books, A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When 92-year-old poet/sleuth Victoria Trumbull takes her city-bred tenant Zack Zeller on a nature walk on one of Martha's Vineyard's conservation areas and shows him a mushroom she calls black trumpet of death, he's sure he's found the way to rid himself of his troublesome girlfriend, Samantha. But the mushrooms he's given Samantha end up on her daddy's dinner table, and Zack, one of the invited guests, is sure he's doomed the diners to an untimely...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A small town has its share of unpleasant residents. When a developer with an unhappy wife, a bullish attitude toward women, and a much-frowned-upon plan is murdered, not many tears are shed. The case naturally falls to Victoria Trumbull, the ninety-two-year-old, sharp-witted sheriff's deputy. Served by her in-depth knowledge of the island of Martha's Vineyard and her indomitable drive, Victoria is on the trail again: bunions, lilac-bough cane, and...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Martha's Vineyard has been home to Victoria Trumbull for most of her ninety-two years. Its magic, history, and picture-perfect calm are part of her very being. But one evening, Victoria hears something that doesn't quite belong: a scream followed by a splash and a sound of a car speeding away. She investigates and discovers a body on the outgoing tide. Victoria concocts a scheme to trap the killer, but she'll need to act quickly—victim number two...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It's just another day at the dentist's office for Victoria Trumbull when fellow patient, wealthy Mrs. Wilmington, dies. It's an unfortunate, though seemingly not murderous, incident, but the receptionist is hysterical, so one of the dental assistants offers to drive her home. But after making a quick pit stop, he finds her body floating in the harbor. With the police shorthanded due to an upcoming presidential visit, it's up to Victoria to take on...
6) Indian pipes
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Victoria Trumbull, ninety-two-year-old native of Martha's Vineyard, is savoring the sea air over Vineyard Sound with her granddaughter, Elizabeth, when she spots a person who seems in trouble near the top of the cliff. Elizabeth goes for help, but it's too late—the man dies before he can be rescued. The man had been hired as a consultant to see whether a site's soil could support a sewage system for a possible casino. The police call it an accident,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"On her first day as adjunct professor at Ivy Green College, Victoria Trumbull recognizes the stench emanating from her classroom as more than just dead mice. Brownie, the groundskeeper's mangy mutt, soon discovers a second body hiding beneath a cluster of poison ivy. The stakes have never been higher for Ivy Green, which is on the brink of losing already-lukewarm support from its accredited partner, Cape Cod University. Thackery Wilson, the founder...
Author
Series
Victoria Trumbull mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
10) Widow's wreath
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
p2018
Language
English
Description
It's a case of cold feet, and cold-blooded murder, as 92-year-old poet and sleuth Victoria Trumbull gets more than she bargained for after hosting an ill-fated wedding.
11) The cemetery yew
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Victoria Trumbull may be ninety-two, but she is as sharp as the proverbial tack. So when she is the only one to spot something amiss in the town cemetery, the police chief listens. Something is indeed amiss. First comes a request to disinter a coffin for reburying elsewhere. Then things go wrong from there.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Victoria Trumbull is a feisty ninety-two-year-old who refuses to let her age stop her from having fun—or investigating crime. Phoebe Eldridge, a short-tempered woman who lives alone, has sold the family land to a developer who made an offer that seemed to good to resist. When the Conservation Trust enlists Victoria to search that land for an endangered plant, she and her eleven-year-old after-school assistant are rewarded with the discovery of a...