Jack In The Pulpit

Everybody Loves Victoria Praise forDeadly Nightshade "[A] well-written mystery, with a host of very believable-as well as some very eccentric-characters...For a first novel, this one is quite special." --Mystery News "Riggs shows her gift for characterizations that will have her audience clamoring for an ongoing series at least until Victoria turns one hundred." --Midwest Book Review "First-rate plotting notwithstanding, it is Riggs's wonderful cast of characters that brings her novel to life . . Here's hoping Victoria Trumbull is solving crimes for many years to come." -- ALA Booklist "Feisty, fiercely independent nonagenarian Victoria Trumbull makes a welcome debut in Riggs's first novel ... The book's dedicatee, Donis Coffin Riggs (1898-1997), native Vineyarder and poet, would seem to be the model for Victoria. Everyone should have such a terrific grandmother." --Publisher's Weekly Praise for theThe Cranefly Orchid Murders "Riggs . . .knows the Island - its flora, fauna, families, legends, customs and rumors - so well that every pace she puts her senior sleuth through becomes another delightful discovery." --Book Page "The author is well aware of the comedy involving people who take themselves seriously, and adds a nice satiric touch when describing the utopians, the environmentalists, the developers, the big-wigs and the would-be bigwigs. Once again, Ms. Riggs' knowledge of the Island and its people serves her and her readers well." --The Martha's Vineyard Times "Riggs is not afraid to describe elderly poet Victoria Trumbull realistically - wrinkles and all . . . first-rate plotting . . . wonderful cast of characters . . In addition to the endearing, yet never sentimentalized Victoria, the supporting figures are uniformly compelling and thoroughly believable. . . here's hoping Victoria Trumbull is solving crimes for many years to come" --ALA BooklistRiggs, Cynthia is the author of 'Jack In The Pulpit', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312330118 and ISBN 0312330111.