Tish McWhinney
Tish McWhinney Books written by Barbara Comfort:
B. Comfort’s mysteries feature seventy-something amateur detective Tish McWhinny, who lives in rural Vermont and whose adventures concern the people and places of her locale. Tish’s sleuthing usually includes her close friend, 88-year-old Hilary Oats, and niece Sophie.
Phoebe’s Knee, 1986, The tranquility of this Southern Vermont haven is disturbed, however, when Tish’s newest neighbor arrives and proves to be an entire cult. Calling itself “The Ring of Right”, its intent and purposes are anything but apparent.
Tish first senses that something is odd when a young reporter arrives to write and article on the “Ringers” and promptly disappears. Then, walking in the woods, Tish tumbles into what on examination seems to be an ancient Druid cave. By the time the inevitable murder takes place and Tish herself looks like the suspect, the little town has been transformed into a hotbed of intrigue.
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Grave Consequences, 1989,
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The Cashmere Kid, 1993, Tish is asked to watch her niece’s goat herd while she is away on vacation, a task made more complicated when the herd’s prize stud goes missing and the neighboring farmer is found bludgeoned to death.
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Elusive Quarry,1995, begins with the dynamiting of Tish’s niece’s house, drawing the attention of Treasury Department agents to their rural community. The dynamite is traced to Tish’s boyfriend Hilary, while the treasury agents suspect the explosion was an inside job.
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A Pair for the Queen, 1998, finds Tish investigating the murder of Hil’s godson at a dog show; she soon finds herself entangled in art forgery, pornography and car theft.
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At Loggerheads, 2001,
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Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.
Entry Updated : 06/28/2001
