I love to read well-researched novels. It seems many of my favorite authors are in it for the joy of research, and spend hours meandering down history lanes, or psychology avenues, or literally down the garden path. The dose of reality they infuse into their plots makes reading that much more interesting, and many times I’ve felt prompted to pursue a topic or an idea simply because of the seeds planted during a well-informed read. One of my favorite writers for just this reason is the late Blaize Clement . I love her books for three reasons: The marvelous sense of place in her Florida setting The bittersweet character development from book-to-book The fascinating tidbits of little-known facts skillfully woven into each plot-line In her recent Dixie Hemingway mystery #7, The Catsitter’s Pajamas (published posthumously by St. Martin's Press ), the protagonist seeks to understand the motivations of the perp in a burglary-turned-murder scenario. She seeks the advi...