Trixie and Evangeline Mystery series by Marian Babson (#1,6)
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Overview: Marian Babson, a pseudonym for Ruth Stenstreem, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, but has lived in London for the greater part of her life. She has worked as a librarian, managed a campaign headquarters, been a receptionist, secretary, and co-editor of a magazine. She also served as secretary to the Crime Writers’ Association. The publisher’s tagline for her style is "Murder Most British," a style reflected in each of her novels. Any violence is not graphically described, and the sleuths are usually amateurs.
Genre: Mystery
1. Reel Murder
When aging but still feisty actress Evangeline Sinclair, 76, is invited to London to be honored by a two-week retrospective of her films, she eagerly accepts and brings along her longtime friend and fellow actress Trixie Dolan, 68. Eve, whose imperious, egocentric and vile-tempered nature endears her only to her fans, rooms with Trixie in a remodeled mansion that also houses a host of ambitious, raucous, and star-struck young thespians. When one of them, Mick, discovers the dead body of a young woman in a friend’s bed, the two sprightly old actresses, still half living in the world of film, quickly but irrationally advise Mick on how best to dispose of the corpse. Another shocking murder of a young roomer brings in the London police, one of whom, Detective-Sergeant Julian Singer, an ardent film buff, is immediately bewitched by Eve. And an old flame of Eve’s, Beauregard Sylvester, and his estranged wife Juanita, add complexities and intrigue.
6. The Dog Who Wasn’t a Cat
Dame Cecile Savoy’s "revolting floor mop" of a Pekinese has passed away at a ripe old age. Now the aging British actress convinces her rivals on stage and screen, Trixie and Evangeline, to support her in her hour of grief—by accompanying her to a taxidermist. But it’s a cab ride straight to a cat-astrophe! No sooner do the three elderly thespians enter "Stuff Yours" than they discover a dead body, a live kitty in a cage, and flames bursting from the back room. Fortunately for a rare Japanese bobtail called Cho-Cho-San, Trixie grabs the cat before fleeing the scene. But who’s the victim? Who set the fire? And why was a gorgeous feline going to be stuffed? Of course, Cho-Cho-San knows more than she’s letting on as the curtain goes up on foul play, murderous jealousies, and a killer who may be going to the dogs.
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