Cynthia riggs biography
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Cynthia riggs biography
Cynthia Riggs, the author of seven Victoria Trumbull mystery novels, lives on Martha’s Vineyard year-round. |
Vineyard Author Pens Senior Sleuth Mysteries
By Valerie A.
Russo for The Patriot Ledger
Martha’s Vineyard is no place to commit murder - not if you hope to get away with it. Since 2001, seven cases have been solved by Victoria Trumbull, a 92-year-old amateur sleuth who has traded her rocking chair for a police deputy’s cap.
There’s no use waiting for the deputy to be indisposed or deceased, Trumbull, the protagonist in the Victoria Trumbull mystery series, will stay a spry 92 forever.
‘‘My mother, Dionis Coffin Riggs, lived to be almost 99; the series is my way of keeping her alive,’’ said author Cynthia Riggs, a 13th generation Islander.
‘‘She was a poet, not a sleuth, but she was a strong woman and very active ‘til the day she died. People who knew her say they recognize her in the character ‘Vict