Read Series: Grub-and-stakers
by Author Charlotte MacLeod
The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain (1987)
Dittany Henbit is a cheeky spinster who appreciates hermits. Sergeant MacVicars polices close-knit Lobelia Falls, where every citizen is an archery addict. Aided by author Arethusa Monk, the crew find out who shish-kebobbed the Water Works man, run a campaign, plan a 25th anniversary party, and i...
Grub-And-Stakers Pinch a Poke (1988)
The Grub and Stakers Gardening and Roving Club act out the Robert Service poem about Dangerous Dan McGrew to win a prize, but murder intervenes. Dittany Henbit Monk and her crew of sleuths are on the case.
Grub-And-Stakers Spin a Yarn (1990)
Twin-toting Dittany Monk, her Western-writer husband Osbert, and the Grub and Stake Gardening and Roving Club are snarled in another murder. Miss Jane Fuzzywuzzy's Yarnery is the wildest, woolliest place in Lobelia Falls, Ontario. Expecting cousins from England, Miss Jane finds the corpse of a lo...
The Grub-And-Stakers Quilt a Bee (1987)
I just reread this for the umpteenth time (I'm rereading the series). A charming-silly-slightly brooding romp--which is what one expects of MacLeod, and is certainly true of all the Grub-and-Stakers books. But I was struck this time around, because I have been doing a lot of thinking about the ...