Choked Off is the second in the Falconer Files Murder Mystery books, by Andrea Frazer. Falconer is again (and somewhat reluctantly) partnered with Sergeant Carmichael when they are sent to investigate the death of a radio 'personality' who gave scathing reviews of a nearby small town arts festival. There's more than the dreadful reviews, too, of course, as 'history' (family and otherwise) surfaces during the investigation. I'm liking the trend of the author to use a different small town for her books as it allows for new characters each time. I also like that many of the Brit mysteries I'm reading seem to indicate on the cover which number in the series the book is .... seems like such a simple idea and yet, not done with the U.S. books .... hmm!

The Rat Catchers' Olympics, by Colin Cotterill, continues his amazing series about Dr. Siri, one of my very favorites. Time is 1980, at the Olympics in Moscow. None of the athletes from Laos do well, they haven't had the training, etc. that is necessary, and the team was gathered in a bit of a hurry, but ... they have a small, but noisy support system and are cheered and applauded even when they come in last. The mystery begins when Siri realizes one of the athletes is not who he says he is. Then there is a death, but one that does not make the news, coded messages and, well, other things, but I promised no spoilers! And all this must be solved before the Olympics end.

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