The Belles of Solace Glen

by Susan S. James

Book Overview

First in a heartwarming new series. When the matriarch of the town of Solace Glen suffers a fatal heart attack, she begs the town's maid and confidant, Flip Paxton, to find three letters hidden for generations by the women in her family. As strange and dangerous things occur, Flip is left to untangle the mystery of the letters--as well as the mysteries of her heart.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425197131
• ISBN13: 9780425197134
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Feel-good Cozy

This is a delightful series and hope the author has many years of "Solace Glen" and Flip Paxton. It's refreshing to have a series of the heroine being a "working stiff" and has the compassion for the older generation. It is a lot like the Jan Karon series, but so what? I love those books and look forward to her next installment. Ms. James characters are so well written you feel like they're your friends and neighbors and become concerned with their "lives". Rock on, Susan. Your series is enjoyed by this "old working stiff".

Entertaining mystery with a historical twist

A light, entertaining mystery with an engaging protagonist, and TWO mysteries -- one present-day, one historical -- for heroine Flip to solve. My only problems: first, somebody needed to proof this book (there are several problems with the punctuation, specifically unnecessary apostrophes). Secondly: Flip's insistence on believing that ALL single women are secretly unhappy souls longing for children got more than a little annoying. Watching Flip go through the family Bible, aching for every single woman who died unmarried/childless, and making up little stories about their undoubtedly sad, useless lives, got really old really fast.Aside from those quibbles, a quick, fun read.