Washington Weirdos — Gayle Wigglesworth

Claire Gulliver, middle-aged librarian turned travel bookshop owner, only wants to return to her comfortable staid life in the small peninsula town south of San Francisco after the travel adventure that nearly cost her life and certainly cost her peace of mind in the first Claire Gulliver mystery, Tea is for Terror. Then the letter came from David Lickman, the President and CEO of Vantage Airlines, with a warm and cordial invitation too good to refuse. The trip to Washington D.C. to enjoy the festive Labor Weekend Gala at the Lickmans' estate in Maryland begins with an attempt on Claire's life the first night on the Washington Mall where she's rescued by her friend and CIA agent, Jack. A series of bizarre and dangerous events leads the authorities to question whether the attack against Claire was personal or random. So she must stay put instead of fleeing to the comfortable familiarity of her bookshop and home. Washington Weirdos, the second novel in the Claire Gulliver Mystery series, is a compelling, edge-of-the-seat drama played out against the background of our nation's capital.