Alphabet books are such fun! Take a look at Picture a Letter, by Brad Sneed, it's a great collection of unique pictures dealing with the (all the stuff in the back ground starts with the proper letter, too).

Not only is Lena's favorite author still alive, Lena has been given the job of a life time when she is hired as her assistant. The job comes with a room in an old mansion with an interesting past. On her first day a body is found on the beach. And is what the townsfolk say about the local recluse true? A Dark and Stormy Murder, by Julia Buckley, is the first in her new series called A Writer's Apprentice Mystery.

Reading Hermit With Dog