I rarely read a fiction book that is not a mystery, but the connection to words and an old dictionary in The Grammarians, by Cathleen Schine caught my eye. Laurel and Daphne are twins. Identical twins. When they are very young their father brings home that huge dictionary by Samuel Johnson and from then on, they are hooked on words. The story line follows their lives ... school, jobs (there's a great twist here!), marriage, kids ... and eventually a falling out. A pleasant read, but, curiously, with a few grammatical errors!

I picked up The Vicarage Murder, by Faith Martin, because of the subtitle: An Addictive Crime Mystery Full of Twists. It is a revised edition of a book published under a different title, and under one of the pen names Ms. Martin uses. It is the first Monica Noble Detective books. Monica is a widow, and has recently married the Vicar of a small town. The house they live in, the vicarage in the title, has been made over into several lovely dwellings. Monica throws a party to welcome the new residents, and that's were the trouble starts. One of them is shot and killed, then there are others (of course). What is the connection? True to the subtitle, there are lots of twists to the plot!

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