WHO SAYS MARCH IS THE WORST MONTH? NOT ME

The Ides of March have nothing on March 5. Consider this: March 5, 1948 – my cousin Bob’s birthday. (Happy Birthday, Bob!) March 5, 1977 – my first and only wedding to a shaggy-haired Associated Press reporter March 5, 2001 – birthday of the late, much-lamented golden retriever, Lucy March 5, 2019 – the release of A DOUBLE-POINTED MURDER, the second (or third depending on who is counting) book in a cozy mystery series set in the Finnish-American community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This one is my favorite so far, possibly because it includes Nazis. Accidental detective Hatti Lehtinen is all set to investigate the murder by knitting needle of a barmaid who was found in the bed of her ex-brother-in-law, Lars, when a television company comes to Red Jacket to film a pilot for an Antiques Roadshow knock-off called What’s in Your Attic? Hatti, recently elected temporary head of the local chamber of commerce, frets that she won’t have time to clear Lars of the murder rap AND host the out-of-towners. But a series of clues, including another shocking death, lead her to suspect that the TV people and the barmaid’s death are connected. Here’s another fun fact: A DOUBLE-POINTED DEATH is listed NUMBER ONE on Amazon in the competitive category of cultural, ethnic and regional humor (new releases.) Check it out. Meanwhile, I’m going to spend the day celebrating an anniversary with my