Thistle & Twigg by Mary Saums

Jane Thistle, recently widowed buys a country home in a remote section of Alabama. She befriends Miss Phoebe Twigg, longtime resident of the small, nearby town of Tullulah. And since this is a "cozy" mystery the reader need not wait too long for the friends to discover a body. For me the attraction was learning bits and pieces of Jane's life as a former spy. And her spy skills come in handy for the exciting conclusion. The author has a lot going on with touches of the supernatural, Indian legend, and fraud. Jane was very funny taking on the bad guys, a little like Miss Julia gone rouge. And her friend Phoebe, accessorized with with her newly hand decorated AK-46 proved to be good back-up.