Today we raise a glass of whatever beverage we find most genial to beloved author Barbara Mertz / Elizabeth Peters / Barbara Michaels …

Courtesy Chuck Roberts
Courtesy Mystery to Me and Joan Hess
Courtesy Roxie Walker

Barbara Mertz with her cohort at the OI, University of Chicago

Mysterious mystery writer — and cat, of course!

Barbara with dear friend Charlotte MacLeod

… and who could this be?

We remember with joy a full life well-lived.