Murder in the Bowery, by Victoria Thompson is the newest in the Gaslight Mystery series. As always, full of period events (explained in the afterword) and details, these are always a great read. This time, however, do be advised that the crime is a result of disturbing events. A few nice twists and delightful character development. This is a favorite series of mine, it has been consistently good.

Al Richardson is contemplating his upcoming retirement to the small town that he loves, in the house he and his wife have fixed up over the years. He is content. Until his wife decides to buy the empty Victorian (a fixer upper in the extreme), there is a huge controversy over the painting of the local water tower, and his least favorite co-worker moves to town. The Most Famous Illegal Goose Creek Parade, by Virginia Smith was a fun, quick read of a cozy.

Tall Reader came to visit the other day, bringing still warm cookies from the oven, and a stack of books! In that stack was the first in a new-to-us mystery series, A Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery titled That Old Flame of Mine, by J.J. Cook. Stella Griffin is helping the small town of Sweet Pepper get their volunteer fire crew up and running as she recovers from a shoulder injury. While there she is met with several things that shake up her life, the least of which is a ghost. An opinionated ghost. Nice story, good twists, and an ending that makes me happy the second book is also in the stack from Tall Reader! :-)

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