The Odd Job (Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Mystery, 11th)

Left on her own while her art-detective spouse, Max Bittersohn is in Argentina on a job, Sarah Kelling must cut her vacation at their shorefront home short when the administrator of Boston's Wilkins Museum is murdered with an antique hat pin. Sarah must handle the burial arrangements and find the murderer before he finds her. Though her son's nurse is ill, Sarah has help from her butler, Charles, and a local police detective, both of whom are wise to the adventures that beset the Kelling family. "Another delightful novel filled with touches of comedy, eccentric characters, and mild suspense, all in a neatly depicted setting." (Booklist)