Louise Penny is one of my most favorite authors so I was pleased to finally get to read Kingdom of the Blind. As usual, it was fun meeting up with all the wonderful characters again and it would have been a one day read if I'd started earlier! There is an odd letter, telling three people they are the liquidators of an estate ... of a woman none of them knew. There is a connection with an old family in Europe. There is a drug, a horrible, deadly drug that could soon be released on the streets of Montreal. All woven together with the author's wonderful style of writing. She's right, we are fortunate to have found each other in Three Pines. (from the acknowledgments at the end, don't skip it).

I started with book two in this series: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery, so it was nice to go back and learn how a young woman from Kansas ended up in Scotland! The Cracked Spine, by Paige Shelton, explains how Delaney Nichols, by answering an ad and having a phone interview ends up completely changing her life and moving to a foreign country. She finds herself in a most unusual shop, with quirky coworkers and a somewhat mysterious boss. Before she can settle in and get used to her new surroundings, there is a murder (of course) and a missing book. Not a bad start! :-)

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