Cynthia riggs biography

Cynthia Riggs, the author of seven Victoria Trumbull mystery novels, lives on Martha’s Vineyard year-round.

Vineyard Author Pens Senior Sleuth Mysteries
By Valerie A.

Russo for The Patriot Ledger

Martha’s Vineyard is no place to commit murder - not if you hope to get away with it. Since 2001, seven cases have been solved by Victoria Trumbull, a 92-year-old amateur sleuth who has traded her rocking chair for a police deputy’s cap.

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Cynthia Riggs, a Martha's Vineyard mystery writer.

PERSONAL: Born June 15, , Martha's Vineyard, MA; daughter of Sidney Noyes (high school principal and printmaker) and Dionis (author and poet) Riggs;.

There’s no use waiting for the deputy to be indisposed or deceased, Trumbull, the protagonist in the Victoria Trumbull mystery series, will stay a spry 92 forever.

‘‘My mother, Dionis Coffin Riggs, lived to be almost 99; the series is my way of keeping her alive,’’ said author Cynthia Riggs, a 13th generation Islander.

‘‘She was a poet, not a sleuth, but she was a strong woman and very active ‘til the day she died. People who knew her say they recognize her in the character ‘Vict