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Brenda Midnight Mystery #4

by Barbara Jaye Wilson

While waiting to show her hats to the millinery buyer for an upscale department store, Brenda Midnight is forced to turn sleuth once again when the buyer turns up dead, so she joins forces with her old companions, Detectives Turner and McKinley, and Offic

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

243 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Barbara Jaye Wilson has worked as a potter, painter, resume typer, backup singer, grahic designer, and miliner. The first book in her Brenda Midnight mystery series, Death Brims Over, was nominated for a Agatha Award. She occasionally stops writing, rolls out the buckram and hatblocks, and turns her Grennwich Village apartment into a milinary studio.

Reviews

[Phair · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the mystery part seemed a little contrived I appreciate this series more for the ambiance than the mystery. Love the background about the millinery trade and I adore Brenda's circle of quirky friends and neighbors. One quibble- I just can't picture the dog, "Jackhammer" as a yorkie type as depicted on the cover. He seems more like a terrier (Jack Russell?) to me.