The weather was gloomy Friday and Saturday, so I turned to reading and found myself quickly in the midst of murders and ghosts in Ireland.
The first book I read, on my imaginary trip to the Emerald Isle, was Death in D Minor by Alexis Gordon. This book is the second book in Dr. Gordon's Gethsemane Brown Mysteries series and right off the bat, I found this book to be even better than the first. It is available free on Kindle Unlimited, or like me, you can probably find it at your local public library.
One of the most enjoyable parts of this series is the focus on Fine Arts. In this book in addition to Gethsemane's classical music background. we learn about textile artwork and schoolgirl samplers. This isn't your average murder mystery: there is also an international art fraud ring!
Here are some examples of schoolgirl samplers from the website Colonial Sense
Cleverly, this murder mystery takes place in a different town than the first book so we meet a whole new crop of shady characters. We also get to meet one of Gethsemane's family members and Inspector O'Reilly and Frankie the math teacher are back. Will there be a romance with either of them? If not I don't mind because I do find their characters enjoyable on their own merits. This second book cemented my affection for Dr. Gethsemane Brown. She is bold, tenacious, and unflappable. Plus she can see ghosts!
5 stars for the second book in this series! It's like a fine arts seminar wrapped in a murder mystery! I loved it!
