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niyad

(121,117 posts) Tue Jun 20, 2023, 08:31 PM Jun 2023

Attention grammar, punctuation, and, spelling devotees! I have just discovered the [View all]

Deadly Edits" mystery series by Kaitlyn Dunnett. Protagonist is 65 year old Mikki Lincoln, recently widowed and retired from teaching "language arts". She has moved back to her hometown in the Catskills with her calico cat, Calpurnia, and has decided to become a freelance editor. A major clue to solving her first mystery is. . . .the Oxford comma!

Books in the series: "Crime and Punctuation"; "Clause and Effect"; "A Fatal Fiction"; and, "Murder, She Edited".

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Attention grammar, punctuation, and, spelling devotees! I have just discovered the [View all] niyad Jun 2023 OP

Thanks, niyad. I will check her out asap. brer cat Jun 2023 #1

Let me know what you think. niyad Jun 2023 #2

Will do. I hope her books are available at my library. brer cat Jun 2023 #4

If not, is your library on ILL? niyad Jun 2023 #5

I don't know what ILL is. brer cat Jun 2023 #7

Then you probably are on the InterLibraryLoan system, a true saving grace for many niyad Jun 2023 #9

Yes. The price of new books is way beyond my budget especially given how much I read. brer cat Jun 2023 #17

Same here. Even true of used books. And there is always the space issue! niyad Jun 2023 #18

eBooks are the impoverished reader's best friend ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #30

Thank you. brer cat Jun 2023 #31

I retired as a legal editor last year. Easterncedar Jun 2023 #3

I was a legal editor after college. niyad Jun 2023 #6

Someone is a fan of the Oxford semicolon 4dog Jun 2023 #8

Old habits. niyad Jun 2023 #12

Aye. Higherarky Jun 2023 #24

I try to do a comma cleanse Mme. Defarge Jun 2023 #29

I will check it out! Silver Gaia Jun 2023 #10

You are most welcome. niyad Jun 2023 #11

This series is free on kindle unlimited megapuzzler Jun 2023 #13

You are most welcome. And thank you for the Kindle information. niyad Jun 2023 #15

Ha! Thanks -- this will be right up my alley. Pinback Jun 2023 #14

You are most welcome. Let me know what you think. niyad Jun 2023 #16

Cool. Pinback Jun 2023 #19

Please keep us updated on that. niyad Jun 2023 #20

Bring back 'Thee', Thou', and 'Thence', methinks. speak easy Jun 2023 #21

When did they leave? niyad Jun 2023 #22

I shalt useth mine most studious endeavors to so do. speak easy Jun 2023 #25

OMG! PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #23

Let me know what you think. niyad Jun 2023 #27

That may take a while, as I have a PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #28

I am a great devotee of the Oxford comma! ShazzieB Jun 2023 #26

Hot diggity! hermetic Jun 2023 #32

You are most welcome. Bibliophiles are always happy to share!! niyad Jun 2023 #33