The Killing at Kaldaire House is the first in a new series by Kate Parker: the Milliner Mysteries. Emily Gates makes amazing hats. Her business is growing, and her hats are in demand. Even more so when she designs a veil that proves useful when women are riding in that new fangled invention: the automobile. While sneaking in to steal a painting one night (you'll have to read the book to find out why) she finds the owner of the unconscious and bleeding on the floor. By calling for help she sets the story in motion. He dies, who did it and why? There are family issues (she wants nothing to do with hers) and exiting races (all the way up to speeds of twelve miles an hour)! I'm ready for the next book, but it's not out yet .... darn!

Gone Gull, by Donna Andrews, is another in her Meg Langslow Mystery series. Set in a newly opened craft center (think classes for potters, painters, weavers, etc), things are not going as planned. It starts with vandalism but soon (of course) a body is found. Lots of interesting (and some annoying) characters here. Fun bits on birds, too, as usual for this series. :-)

Murder in the Mystery Suite is the first in the new series by Ellery Adams, A Book Retreat Mystery. Looking for a way to create interest in Storyton Hall, manager Jane Stewart decides on a 'mystery' get away, complete with costume dinners, scavenger hunts and so forth. When the guest that won a rare, first edition book is found dead in his suite, the mystery goes from fictional to real life. (Well, you know what I mean.);-) Love all the names of the characters, be sure to pay attention to them! An unusual family secret is revealed as well. Not a bad start.

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