I am enjoying them! (and at the moment I feel in need of distraction for *waves hand at the world*)

If you'd like recommendations, I'm happy to share!

If you want to go it alone, I only remark that Strong Poison, the fifth book, introduces a major character and it's such a specific introduction that I think it merits a firsthand experience.

I know she had a second career as a lay Christian writer, after WWII soured her on detective stories - but I'm unfamiliar