Ha Nguyen Nguyen itibaren Devalpura, Rajasthan, Hindistan itibaren Devalpura, Rajasthan, Hindistan

Okay. Not Lear. Not even 12th Night. But fun. And Shakespeare.

A great title, which is why I pulled the book off the shelf and an intriguing prologue (featuring a spider) which is why I kept reading. And that got me into a book that takes place primarily in the south—which is a region I avoid since I’m not into endless genealogies, multiple cousins, and lots of country folk. I’m glad I read this however, because as a cozy mystery, The Last Lessons of Summer is excellent. Amy, who is the heir to her family’s children’s book franchise, pursues two main mysteries: who killed her grandmother and why did her mother commit suicide when she (Amy) was only three. Amy finds the answers to both questions when she returns for a last summer to her grandmother’s house in North Carolina.