As promised, Canadian Reader brought the first book in the 'other' series by Diana Xarissa and I'm happy to report that Arrivals and Arrests (an Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy) is good! When Fenella Woods inherits an apartment, er, flat, from an aunt, she packs up her life and moves to the small town of Douglas. Within 24 hours she discovers a body of someone she only recognizes because earlier that day he had knocked on her door asking if she wanted to sell her flat. What a way to meet the people of her new home! Her aunt (one with a bit of a 'reputation', it seems) is the ghost who wants her niece to 'investigate' and there is a pushy kitten looking for a home. All in all, an excellent start! Thanks to Canadian Reader, I have the next few here on my pile, too! :-)

Dog shows are busy places so no one noticed when one of the vendors went missing. Until the body was found, of course. Turns out, she was not as popular as thought, and many people had had unsatisfactory dealings with her, thus making the search for the killer all the more difficult. Add to that a series of burglaries (in several different precincts), and a missing dog sitter. How were they all connected? Ruff Justice, one of the Melanie Travis Canine Mystery books, by Laurien Berenson is another of the 'poodle' mysteries that are great cozy reads.

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