FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES

“It’s nice to be reminded how much I’m adored,” beams Coco Chanel while greeting her adoring fans on a visit to Toronto – and immediately before getting a reminder that not everyone adores her, when someone tries to assassinate her. Appalled by the police’s failure to catch her would-be killer, Coco takes the case to Frankie, because “I can always trust a woman in pants”. Words to live by.