In Cynthia Riggs's Martha's Vineyard mysteries, we follow
one of fiction's most delightful and most realistic
amateur detectives. Victoria Trumbull is a feisty ninety-two-year-old
who refuses to let the aches and pains of age stop her
from enjoying her multifarious activities. Oh, and you
just might catch her serving baked
beans on a Saturday night.
Daphne of Martha's Vineyard, Cynthia's first children's book, isn't just for children: it's also for cat-loving read-aloud adults of all ages. Starring Daphne, the Cleaveland House feline in residence, the book is a collaboration with peerless cat photographer Lynn Christoffers, whose work is featured in Victoria Trumbull's Martha's Vineyard and in her own Cats of Martha's Vineyard.
Widow's Wreath
Widow's Wreath, the 14th in the Martha's Vineyard Mystery Series, was published by Crooked Lane Books. Victoria Trumbull agrees to host the wedding of her young cousin Penny to Rocco Bufano -- but this marriage was not made in heaven.
Penny and Rocco are each convinced that the other's wealth will solve their financial woes. Trouble is, they're both flat broke. Then a body is found hanging in Victoria's basement, and no one knows who it is. But by odd coincidence, it looks a lot like Rocco.
Howard Attebery, 1922–2017
Howard Attebery, beloved husband of Cynthia Riggs, scientist, engineer, dentist, photographer, and co-star of a love story for the ages, died peacefully at Cleaveland House, West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, on February 1, 2017.
The book he co-authored with Cynthia, Howard and Cynthia: A Love Story, is now available exclusively from The Moth Radio Hour. Please contact email The Moth for ordering information. For more about the book, click the link at left. This photo of Howie is by Lynn Christoffers.
"Unstoppable Cynthia Riggs"
That's the title of a profile of Cynthia featured in the December 2016 issue of Martha's Vineyard Magazine. It includes some tidbits that may surprise even longtime fans.
Did you know that in 1948 Cynthia qualified for the Olympic fencing team? That she’s crossed the Atlantic twice in a 32-foot sailboat? That she was reportedly the seventh woman ever to set foot on the South Pole?
And it includes this priceless photo of two-year-old Cynthia riding on the shoulders of her mother, poet Dionis Coffin Riggs, the model for the indomitable sleuth Victoria Trumbull.
"One should know by now never to underestimate
Ms. Riggs. Educated as a geologist, she taught at
the Annapolis Sailing School, lived on a 44-foot houseboat
for 12 years while running the Chesapeake Bay Ferry
Boat Company, was a rigger at Martha's Vineyard Shipyard,
and in her late 60s, she earned an MFA in creative
writing from Vermont College, and has, in each ensuing
year, produced one of the Vineyard-based, Victoria
Trumbull mysteries." by C.K. Wolfson, Martha's
Vineyard Times BIOGRAPHY
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Daphne of Martha's Vineyard
Widow's Wreath, the 14th in the Martha's Vineyard Mystery Series, was published by Crooked Lane Books. Victoria Trumbull agrees to host the wedding of her young cousin Penny to Rocco Bufano -- but this marriage was not made in heaven.
Howard Attebery, beloved husband of Cynthia Riggs, scientist, engineer, dentist, photographer, and co-star of a love story for the ages, died peacefully at Cleaveland House, West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, on February 1, 2017.
