So Pretty It Hurts, by Kate White

Enjoyable Bailey Wiggins mystery, with a glamourous cast of models, actors, journalists etc trapped in a snowbound Connecticut estate. When Devon Barr, supermodel, is found dead in the night, Bailey and her friend Jessie have to solve the question of whether or not Devon was murdered, which of course she was.
Fun and quick.

The Sixes, by Kate White

Kate White's The Sixes was a quick and hard-to-put-down thriller. Well developed characters and tight plotting kept the pages turning well into the night, and a large and suspicious cast of suspects made for satisfying attempts at 'figuring it out' without being too overwhelming.


Disgraced celebrity biographer Phoebe Hall is teaching a writing course at Lyle College, after accepting the job offer from her best friend, the president of the school. When a young student is killed, Phoebe uses her investigational skills to look into the murder, and uncovers sinister situations in the groves of academe. This was a great read, and was genuinely thrilling without being gruesome- the perfect balance between chilling and cosy.

Sewing Green, by Betz White

Some neat ideas in this but mostly the projects involved felting old wool and chopping it up.