Aunt Bessie Invites (An Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Book 9) (30 page)

Glossary of Terms

Manx Language to English

House Names – Manx to English

English/Manx to American Terms

Other notes:

CID is the Criminal Investigation Department of the Isle of
Man Constabulary (Police Force).

“Noble’s” is Noble’s Hospital, the main hospital on the Isle
of Man.
 
It is located in Douglas,
the island’s capital city.

When talking about time, the English say, for example, “half
seven” to mean “seven-thirty.”

When island
residents talk about someone being from “across,” or moving “across,” they mean
somewhere in the United Kingdom (across the water).

In the UK you enter
a building on the “ground floor,” and the floor above that is the “first
floor.”
 
The numbers go up from
there.
 
In the US, it is typical to
count the ground floor level as the “first floor.”

Boxing Day is the
day after Christmas (December 26
^th
) and was traditionally the day
that servants would get a present (their Christmas box) from their employers.
 
It is a Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) in
the UK.
 
(And my birthday, if anyone
is interested.)

A cattle grid is a
grid of bars or tubes set into the ground to stop cattle (or other livestock)
from leaving or entering an area.
 
The gaps between the bars are far enough apart that the animal can’t
safely walk across them, but they don’t impede vehicles from passing over them.

The Inland Revenue
is the UK tax authority, similar to the US IRS.

Acknowledgements

As ever, I have a great many people to
thank.

My editor, Denise, who
keeps my biggest mistakes away from my wonderful readers.

Kevin takes the beautiful photographs that
make my covers so special.

Thanks to Charlene, Janice, Ruth and
Margaret for being the best beta reading team in the world.

And, last, but never least, thank you,
readers, for enjoying Bessie’s adventures along with me.
 
I am so grateful to each and every one
of you.

Coming July
15, 2016

Aunt Bessie Joins

An Isle of Man Cozy Mystery

Diana Xarissa

Aunt Bessie joins the planning committee for Manx National Heritage’s
new fundraiser,
Christmas at the Castle.

Bessie is delighted that her friends, Marjorie Stevens and Mary Quayle
are also both on the committee.
 
Carolyn
Teare is a less welcome addition.
 
When Carolyn insists on hiring an expensive designer to “improve”
everything, Bessie is even less happy.

Aunt Bessie joins Mary and Marjorie in fighting against Christopher
Hart’s suggested changes to the beautifully decorated rooms.

But when Christopher ends up dead, not liking his design style seems a
pretty slim motive.

Aunt Bessie joins forces with Inspector John Rockwell and his Douglas
counterpart, Pete Corkill as an act of vandalism and
a second
dead body threaten
to get
Christmas
at the Castle
cancelled altogether.

Have you
read all of the

Aunt
Bessie Cozy Mysteries?

Aunt Bessie Assumes

Aunt Bessie Believes

Aunt Bessie Considers

Aunt Bessie Decides

Aunt Bessie Enjoys

Aunt Bessie Finds

Aunt Bessie Goes

Aunt Bessie’s Holiday

Aunt Bessie Invites

Aunt Bessie Joins (Release
date:
 
July 15, 2016)

By the same author

The Isle of Man Romance
Series

Island Escape

Island Inheritance

Island Heritage

Island Christmas

The Markham Sisters Cozy
Mystery

Novella Series

The Appleton Case

The Bennett Case

The Chalmers Case

The Donaldson Case

The Ellsworth Case (Release
date:
 
June 17, 2016)

About the Author

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Diana grew up in Pennsylvania, moved to
Washington DC and then found herself being swept off her feet by a handsome
British man who was visiting DC on vacation.
 
That was nearly nineteen years ago.
 

After their wedding, Diana moved to
Derbyshire, where her new husband had his home.
 
A short time later, the couple moved to
the Isle of Man.
 
After more than
ten years on the island, now a family of four, they relocated to the outskirts
of Buffalo, NY, where Diana keeps busy writing about the island she loves and
driving her children everywhere.

She also writes mystery/thrillers set in the
not-too-distant future under the pen name “Diana X. Dunn” and fantasy/adventure
books for middle grade readers under the pen name “D.X. Dunn.”

She would be delighted to know what you
think of her work and can be contacted through snail mail at:

Diana Xarissa Dunn

PO Box 72

Clarence, NY
 
14031

Or find her on Facebook, Goodreads or on her
website at
www.dianaxarissa.com
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