The Belles of Solace Glen

This is a delightful series and hope the author has many years of "Solace Glen" and Flip Paxton. It's refreshing to have a series of the heroine being a "working stiff" and has the compassion for the older generation. It is a lot like the Jan Karon series, but so what? I love those books and look forward to her next installment. Ms. James characters are so well written you feel like they're your friends and neighbors and become concerned with their "lives". Rock on, Susan. Your series is enjoyed by this "old working stiff".

A light, entertaining mystery with an engaging protagonist, and TWO mysteries -- one present-day, one historical -- for heroine Flip to solve. My only problems: first, somebody needed to proof this book (there are several problems with the punctuation, specifically unnecessary apostrophes). Secondly: Flip's insistence on believing that ALL single women are secretly unhappy souls longing for children got more than a little annoying. Watching Flip go through the family Bible, aching for every single woman who died unmarried/childless, and making up little stories about their undoubtedly sad, useless lives, got really old really fast.Aside from those quibbles, a quick, fun read.