As you might have guessed, given the title, in the fourth of the Corgi Case Files books, Case of the Pilfered Pooches, by J.M. Poole, dogs are missing. Dogs chase after a tennis ball tossed at local off leash parks but don't return. Is there a method to the choice of dog? Who is behind the thefts and why? Zack and his delightful Corgi dogs Watson and Sherlock have the matter under investigation. The answers may surprise you!

British Library Crime Classics are reissues of books from times past, in the case of Bats in the Belfry: a London Mystery, by E.C.R. Lorac, the 1930's. A once popular author (with a high maintenance wife) has gone to Paris. Or so everyone thought until his suitcase and passport are found in a damp and dismal garret. Lots of interesting characters, including someone with a most distinctive beard, unexpected relatives, a possible inheritance ... all the elements are here for a great mystery. And as for the 'means' ?, well, it starts with a popular game of murder and the question "How would you dispose of a body?" Keep an eye out for others from the British Library and the Poisoned Pen Press.

Reading Hermit With Dog