Manhattan in Miniature: A Miniature
Mystery
Margaret Grace
Perseverance, Apr 7 2015, $15.95
ISBN 9781564745620
Lincoln Point, California SuperKrafts store manager Bebe Mellon
has a booth in a Manhattan Christmas crafts show. She invites her friend retired English high
school teacher Gerry Porter to accompany her to help with the setup. Having grown up in the Bronx, an excited
Gerry calls her former neighbor Cynthia Bishop that she and her tweener
granddaughter Maddie are coming to town.
Ignoring Gerry’s explanation that she is working, Cynthia, who was there
for her when her late husband had cancer and knows about the sleuthing success,
tells her that someone murdered her Aunt Elsie; but NYPD refuses to
investigate.
Besides assisting Bebe, Gerry shows Manhattan to an awed
Maddie. However at the event, Maddie
watches a woman pocket an item on display from a table; while Gerry looks into
the alleged homicide. Grandma’s inquiry
places the California pair on the radar of a clever killer.
The eighth Miniature mystery (see Monster in Miniature and Madness in
Miniature) is an appealing amateur sleuth that combines two fine
investigations with a charming tour of the Big Apple. Although I admit I am biased when it comes to
New York City settings having grown up in the Bronx (I even know why the
borough is called THE Bronx), Manhattan in Miniature is a superb cozy.
Harriet Klausner
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