Victoria Trumbull

The Victoria Trumbull series is a series of popular cozy mystery books written by one of the renowned novelists from The United States named Cynthia Riggs. This series is comprised of a total of 12 books, which were released between the years 2001 and 2016. All the novels in this series feature the chief protagonist in the role of Victoria Trumbull, who is described as a 92 year old astute woman and a deputy police officer. She is a Vineyard native living in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. In spite of being so old, Victoria Trumbull things that she is still a 20 year old girl. She seems to have the tendency of paying attention to even the minutest details and possesses a razor sharp mind. Author Cynthia has set the stories on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Due to this reason, the series is also known by the title, Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries. During the course of the series, it is seen that Victoria does not let the pains and aches of her old age prevent her from investigating about the mysteries around her. She appears to be a highly determined woman, who tries to finish whatever she takes up. Author Cynthia took the inspiration to develop this character from the life of her own mother named Dionis Coffin Riggs, who she says was a hard-working woman going on to live till the age of 98 years. Author Cynthia began writing this series in the year 2001 and came up with its debut book, Deadly Nightshade, in the same year. Currently, the mystery series is still going on. Author Cynthia has said in her interviews that she has planned to write a total of 20 books in this series, after which she will retire permanently from her writing career.