I'm going back and forth between new releases and oldies. Today I felt like reading something old, so I dug out Doris Miles Disney's THE DAY MISS BESSIE LEWIS DISAPPEARED. The title is kind of misleading - Miss Bessie Lewis does feature prominently but she's not the protagonist. I'm not going to give away any spoilers, but the biggest twist to this mystery is...well, you'll have to read it to find out. The characters are interesting and the plot has some unexpected twists. Not a shocker like some of her books, but not your average mystery either. On the whole, Doris Miles Disney books always seem to be worth the read.
This would be a fun movie made-for-TV. Back in the day, I could have seen Peter Falk (aka Columbo), James Garner (aka Rockford) or even Walter Matthau as the protagonist of this book. (I just Googled it on the off-chance it had been made into a TV show or movie and I just missed it, but no luck.) I think I have a couple more Doris Miles Disney books in my waiting-to-be-read pile. I had ordered some used copies at ABE.com, but they didn't all ship. Oh well - I still have a lot of books to choose from. (My definition of happiness!)