Third in the Markham Sisters Cozy mysteries by Diana Xarissa is The Chalmers Case. The first official guests to the B&B prove to be .... prickly. The next couple seem nice, but is it a front? Why are the two couples suddenly such good friends? And what's with all the easels in the back room in the antique store? Is there something criminal going on? These are great little cozies, they won't take you long to read.

I've been enjoying the Maggie Hope Mystery series, by Susan Elia Macneal, but I must say that The Prisoner in the Castle felt a bit dark to me. Lots of deaths here. Still, I enjoyed the spin on Agatha Christie, and perhaps something from Shakespeare. Just why has Maggie been sent to the island? She feels like she should be somewhere else, doing something to help the war effort. Everyone there is a highly trained agent of some sort, for some department or agency. Is one of them a spy? Or a double agent? How will she get off?

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