Tiggy Jones Mysteries by Virginia King

Hi all. We are having second summer here and I can't wait for it to leave.

I want to share the newest mystery series by Virginia King. You may remember me talking about the Selkie Moon series.  This series has three books with the fourth book coming out 10/18/24. I have read all of them and really enjoyed them.

Tiggy, short for Antigone, is a 30 something young woman from Australia that inherits a boathouse in an English village from a grandmother she never met. As she settles in, she meets Baxter, a teenager who is taking care of the grandmother's dog, Raider. Raider is a Dalmador (dalmation/labrador mix). Baxter is on the spectrum, but becomes an important character in the series. Raider joins Tiggy in the boathouse and is never too far away in all they mysteries that come up. Tiggy writes mysteries, by the way.

A Scrap of Silk is Tiggy Jones book one.

About: "A surprise inheritance. A locked cellar. A shocking secret from her family's past.

When 30-year-old mystery author Tiggy Jones inherits an old boathouse in England from the grandmother she never knew, her shock turns to excitement.
Until she stumbles upon the hidden cellar and can’t find the key.
Soon she’s tangled in a desperate search through mysteries past and present, threats, betrayals and misdirections to uncover a long-hidden secret.
All the time struggling against someone determined to stop her.
As her new life unravels, what horrors will Tiggy discover about her family history?
And will she survive them?"

A Missing Signature (book two)

About: "A friend with secrets. A dangerous painting. A tangle of clues that don’t add up.

When mystery author Tiggy Jones leaves a London auction house, she glimpses a woman who looks a lot like her missing friend, Nessa.
The chance encounter spirals into a complex and deadly mystery that won’t let Tiggy go: coded messages, strange disguises and an old French portrait that she fears is a fake.
Will the unscrupulous art dealer really stop at nothing to get his hands on it?
And why won’t Nessa tell Tiggy the truth about what’s going on?
As the mystery deepens, and a second person is found dead, Tiggy realizes that her amateur sleuthing is not safe.
For others. And for herself."

A Deadly Concoction (book three)

About: A bag of baffling clues. A string of mysterious deaths. A race to expose the truth 

When mystery author Tiggy Jones launches Mystery Week in her local town in Devon, she opens a donated bag of ‘mystery items’ to entertain the audience. But the first thing she holds up has a nasty stain on it. Is it blood? Or is someone playing a trick to embarrass her?
Tiggy rescues the moment and takes the bag home, only to discover it’s full of perplexing evidence. With her curiosity piqued, she begins to untangle the connections between the clues.
Why has the isolated distillery at Larrington Hall on Dartmoor seen so many deaths over the last twenty years?
Does the 500-year-old legend behind its exclusive blue liqueur hide a dangerous secret?
And when Tiggy gets close to uncovering one truth too many, will the purpose behind the bag of evidence turn deadly?
Join Tiggy Jones, with her dog Raider, as she discovers that researching a mystery novel is usually safe but investigating a murder or two is perilous."

A Trace of DNA (book four will be out October 18, 2024)

About: " A glittering reputation. A dogged amateur sleuth. Sinister secrets that won’t stay buried.

When mystery author Tiggy Jones receives an email from a famous forensic scientist, she’s shocked that Dr. Helena Loxton is offering her private life as the plot for her next book. Tiggy’s dangerous curiosity is piqued.
But there's a catch.
In exchange, Dr. Loxton wants Tiggy to research some things she’s forgotten from her past, especially one crucial thing that’s keeping her awake at night.
Wouldn’t she do better with a private investigator?
And after too many real mysteries that have turned out to be crimes, Tiggy has sworn off acting like an amateur PI.
Hasn’t she?"

Don't you love the covers of the books? I would say these books are traditional mysteries. There is a bit more to them than a cozy mystery. Tiggy is an amateur sleuth. They take place in and English village and there are a lot of locals. There is a dog. But the stories are not light and humorous. Tiggy gets into a lot of jams, plenty of danger and thriller type moments. We find out (and so does she) a bit more about her life with each book. They are just enjoyable to read and I highly recommend the series.

As I mentioned, book four comes out next Friday. I found this one very interesting as there is a DNA aspect in the investigation. We see so much of that in crime dramas now and because I dabble in genealogy, I loved that thread in book four. 

Bonus:  A Scrap of Silk will be $.99 on Kindle Daily Deal on October 31, 2024. Good chance to give this series a try.