Windsor’s resident children’s author, Cynthia Bardes, has released the second in a series of mysteries involving a toy French poodle solving high-end thefts in luxury destinations. And while Bardes, a former interior designer, is cramming what ought t be a leisurely retirement with appointments from Palm Beach to New York, peddling her pretty book at Bergdorf Goodman and hosting book signings in the homes of friends, she is also making time for a new cause: adult literacy.
