I picked this book up because Jennifer Chiaverini is a favorite author. I knew it could end badly because of the title: Resistance Women. I was right on both counts. Based on real women (don't miss the author's note) and real events, it is well written and researched. These are people who opted to stay in Berlin in the days leading up to, and including, World War II. This was their home after all, where they were raised, the city they loved, and they wanted to help defend it against the Nazi Party. Not all would survive.

Letters and Lawsuits, one of the Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy mysteries, by Diana Xarissa, is, alas, the last of the series here on my 'to be read' pile. Normally this would not be of too much concern because Canadian Reader visits in May. Not this year! We both agree that this was one of the best ... a stranger (and her even stranger family) (sorry) have arrived on the island. The mother claims to be the illegitimate daughter of Max, who left Mona a lot of money, and now they want part of that estate. Warning signs might be that Max's (estranged) sister agrees with them, and the refusal on the part of anyone to take a DNA test. Then the mother ends up dead.

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