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February is almost over, and ‘Valentine’s Day’ has passed. I hope you got chocolates or maybe a dinner out. Or the best Valentine’s gift, a book. Regardless, it is a nice way to break up winter.

In the news, not everything is rosy. That’s why these events, however small, are important to our well-being.

I have travelled to 45 or 50 countries. I’m not sure exactly how many. One day, I’ll get a world map out and stick pins in all the places I’ve been. I do realize how lucky I’ve been. Some of the places I visited, I wouldn’t go to now. But we don’t have to. You can sit cuddled up in your chair with your favourite beverage and travel via a book. The Suspects takes you on a Nordic journey ending in Moscow.

Mable Havelock and Violet Ficher are on a scenic bus tour of the Nordic capital cities of Europe and Russia. The tour culminates in Moscow. Where The tour director is murdered. There is a busload of suspects to choose from. A flirtatious woman and her jealous husband. A professor of Nordic History who is ill-informed. Two world travellers who describe themselves as gypsies and a mysterious man who is hiding something. The tour director’s assistant and bus driver both have an axe to grind against the tour director, Hilda Karlson.

Add to the mix smugglers and thieves. And a case of mistaken identity. But unfortunately, the prime suspect is Mabel. Mabel and Violet will have to use all their skills and ingenuity to solve the murder in Moscow. And prove Mabel’s innocence to the Russian police.

Prologue Moscow

Mabel bit her lip as she looked at the white, waxy face of the dead woman lying on the bed. The life force that was Hilda drained away, her eyes wide open, sunk back into her skull, jaw slackened, and lips pale. “Come on, we have to get the hell out of here.”

“Shouldn’t we look for clues first?” asked Violet.

“Clues, what clues? We just erased them.”

“But don’t you want to find out who killed Hilda?”

 “We’re in a foreign country.” Mabel started for the door.

“That never stopped you before.”

“This time, we are in big trouble.”

“Why? We didn’t do anything wrong.” Violet insisted.

Mabel paused, grim-faced. She looked back at the dead woman. “Really! We haven’t done anything wrong? We moved a dead body and interfered in a crime scene.