Mention the title Cheaper by the Dozen and most folks know it refers to a story about a family with twelve children. Before there were completely unrelated movies starring Steve Martin, however, there was the original book about the unique Gilbreth family, written by two of the children. This was followed by Belles on Their Toes, set after the death of the family patriarch, and … [Read more...] about Tales of the Gilbreth Family
Books
The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers (with Robert Eustace)
From the back cover: The grotesquely grinning corpse in the Devonshire shack was of a man who had died horribly—with a dish of mushrooms at his side. His body contained enough death-dealing muscarine to kill thirty people. Why would an expert on fungi feast on a large quantity of this particularly poisonous species? A clue to the brilliant murderer, who had baffled the best … [Read more...] about The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers (with Robert Eustace)
A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George
Book description: When Eugenie Davies is killed by a driver on a quiet London street, her death is clearly no accident. Someone struck her with a car and then deliberately ran over her body before driving off, leaving nothing behind but questions. What brought Eugenie Davies to London on a rainy autumn night? Why was she carrying the name of the man who found her body? Who … [Read more...] about A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George
Book description: Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous ridges. But when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. … [Read more...] about In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George
The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes
From the back cover: Banished! Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly about on her broomstick crying "Heh-heh!" and casting abracadabras, but now she has been sent away... by two young girls. Amy and Clarissa love to tell stories about Old Witch... until one day they decide she is just too mean and wicked. Drawing a rickety old house upon a barren glass hill, the … [Read more...] about The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes