Sunday, July 20th 2025

Author Zev Bagel reading from “The Romanian Cleaning Lady"

“The Romanian Cleaning Lady” is the first in the series of Bright and Breasy Mysteries. Lizzy Bright begins her second career as a private investigator specializing in finding missing persons. Her first case takes her into the murky world of prostitution and human smuggling. Lizzy is in over her head until retired Detective Inspector William Breasy comes on the scene. But Breasy has his own mysteries including the fact that he was friends with Lizzy’s father, who vanished when she was a child. The dark shadows of her past and the nefarious characters she encounters in the present, pull Lizzy into a dangerous web of lies and secrets. This cozy mystery is set in the historic and scenic city of Canterbury, England. ZEV BAGEL began writing fiction in 2009. He is the two-time winner of the David Adams Richards Award and he was short-listed for the Atlantic Book Award. He lives in Shediac, New Brunswick. “The Romanian Cleaning Lady” is his fifth book. It was praised as “a rollicking good read” in the summer edition of Edit magazine by James Mullinger, editor. It was featured as an Editor’s Pick in the fall 2024 edition of Atlantic Books Today. This event is presented in association with Merlin Star Press. At Café Tintamarre, 34 Mallard Dr.