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It was the first Portland librarian's favorite color, magenta. And old No. 3, the last bookmobile of a diesel-belching fleet that brought happy hours to young and old in every corner of Oregon's 'Rose City,' now stars in a colorful series of murder mysteries. Get cozy with fiery-haired librarian-on-wheels Hester Freelove McGarrigle and her dishy, trail-running, pizza-obsessed main squeeze, Detective Nate Darrow, as they chase the clues -- amid fizzy romantic tension, lots of good eats, and a few chuckles along the way.
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MURDERMOBILE 4 HAS ARRIVED! See the blog for details
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The 'murdermobile' family of cozy mysteries
WHEN A BODY shows up in the bookmobile, local wags dub it the "Murdermobile." Librarian Hester meets Detective Nate, and the sleuths range all over Portland and into the scenic Columbia River Gorge, where the mystery reaches a chilling and tragic climax amid a raging thunderstorm.
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PORTLAND'S MURDERMOBILE rolls again, as a civic leader meets a grisly end in a mystery that weaves the rich history of Lewis and Clark with modern-day quirky characters. In the end librarians paddle for their lives in an ill-fated "team-building" journey down the Great River of the West.
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OUR YULE-SEASON mystery packed with Portland holiday icons, from Christmas Ships to the towering tree in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Driver Ethel Pimala's beautifully iced Christmas cookies take a starring role. And don't forget: "Iced" is another word for "murdered."
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ABOUT the Author(s)
B.B. Cantwell is the pen name for the wife-and-husband writing team of Barbara and Brian Cantwell, who collaborated on the bookmobile trilogy between 2005 and 2020.
Barbara Cantwell
The delightful inspiration for these bookmobile mysteries, Barbara was among the last librarians to serve aboard Portland, Oregon's last operating bookmobile. When a new library director canceled the service, Barbara decided to murder her -- in print. Barbara retired from Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington in 2018. She died of breast cancer in 2021, four months after publication of "Iced, With Sprinkles."
Brian Cantwell
A retired Seattle Times travel editor, Brian previously wrote for a Portland-area newspaper while he and his family lived on a sailboat on the Columbia River -- with a Maine Coon cat named Bingle T. He now lives in the cabin he shared with Barbara in Washington's San Juan Islands, and is working to finish a fourth and final bookmobile mystery that the pair began before Barbara's passing.
