Charlotte MacLeod

A couple finds an antique mirror that isn’t broken, but still brings bad luck—“MacLeod can be counted on for a witty, literate, and charming mystery” (Publishers Weekly).
 According to Max Bittersohn, he and Sarah Kelling have witnessed enough murder and unhappiness, so it’s high time they got married. And though Sarah hasn’t yet agreed to such drastic measures, she invites Max to summer...

Professor Shandy decides to investigate when a corpse discovered in Oozak's Pond has a possible connection with Balaclava Agricultural College.

When her Aunt Emma finds herself in the midst of murder while vacationing, Sarah Kelling and her husband Max Bittersohn do some long-distance detecting.

Summary: Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn become involved in a complicated case of art forgery when a guard at a Boston museum is murdered.

For Professor Ungley, death isn't half as inconvenient as losing his toupee An unpleasant man in every respect, university professor Herbert Ungley is exceedingly vain. One morning, his landlady catches her cat coming in with Ungley's hairpiece between its teeth. It's clear something has happened to the old grouch, because he would never be caught without his toupee.   Ungley is found in the yard behind his social club, with his head bashed in and...

"Although real murder is never a laughing matter, Charlotte MacLeod makes the fictional kind more fun than anyone else. Her latest outing with Professor Peter Shandy, New England's famous horticulturist and homegrown hercule Poirot, takes us to the Maine coast, a world of stormy seas and verdant gardens where dark and bright are strangely mixed... and where secrets abound." "Peter Shandy has journeyed northward alone to escape his wife Helen's all-female...

Local sleuth Peter Shandy is dragged into a convoluted case when his neighbor, Jim Feldster, a professor of dairy management, goes out for an evening meeting and fails to return.