Two mystery books set in Mendocino County

Set in Mendocino County (or very close)

A Single Eye by Susan Dunlop



Darcy Lott became a stunt woman because she could not overcome her fear of the woods.
Her New York City Zen Master sends her off to a sesshin deep in the redwoods of Mendocino County. The mysterious disappearence of the “prize” student at the
Monastery’s opening six years previous mirrors the past failures that the Monastery’s residents are hiding from. Nothing is as it seems.

The Second Tale of the Sixth Patriarch is thus:
The body is not a bodhi tree
There is no clear mirror anywhere
Fundamentally nothing exists
Nothing for dust to cling to.

“The circle is never complete; there’s always an opening through which life flows”




Family Business, A Port Silva Mystery by Janet LaPierre

A young man disappears when a peaceful anti-war demonstration suddenly becomes a riot. Searching for a past that Danny Soto does not seem to have, private investigators, the mother and daughter team of Patience and Verity Mackellar, must discover who Danny really is by delving into family relationships and secrets.

Family Business is set in Port Silva, a small mythical seaside town somewhere along the Mendocino coast. The year is 2002, following the Gulf War. As a librarian, one incident jars me. Both the librarian and young volunteer in the local library willingly talk about what newspapers Danny was reading and searching through online. Librarians just do not do that. We believe in your privacy. That aside this is a fine mystery.