The Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery series, by Christopher Fowler, is popular so I was pleased to get Bryant & May: Wild Chamber as quickly as I did, even if it meant putting the holiday books aside. There's a new character this time, a recent police graduate, visiting from another country, who was hoping to be assigned to one of the modern, elite departments but finds herself with the PCU instead. The murders are connected by their location, the higher ups are trying to close the Unit for good, and Detective Bryant, believing that the English language is deteriorating, is bringing up, and using, obsolete and archaic insults.

Mack Dickson arrives unexpectedly at a conference given by the Manx Museum. He takes over the lead spot and makes an announcement that will have an huge impact on the area. Not long after, he is found dead. The 'how' is easy to figure out, he's allergic to peanuts, but the who and why take a bit longer to determine in Aunt Bessie Considers, by Diana Xarissa. (Part of the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery series).

A Late Frost is another entry from the Orchard Mystery series, by Sheila Connolly. It's winter, certainly a slow time of year, but newcomer Monica Whitman has an idea for something to make the time more merry and fun. And it was working. Until she ends up dead. It looks like a simple poisoning, but was it?

Reading Hermit With Dog