“To open a book is to open a door. To find a bookplate inside? That’s a calling card.”— Miss Clarissa Lemon For most of us, the appearance of a bookplate—those elegant little name labels glued just inside the cover—doesn’t raise suspicion. At worst, we assume we’re trespassing in someone else’s library. At best, we consider…
If you’ve ever curled up with a warm blanket, a lemon tart, and a page-turning mystery set in a charming English village, you’ve already met the spirit of Christie Thistle. Christie is the creator of The Miss Lemon Mysteries, a cozy mystery series brimming with botanical clues, dusty archives, and a quietly determined sleuth named…