Murder in the Paperback Parlor is the second in the Book Retreat Mystery series by Ellery Adams. Once again Storyton Hall is hosting a themed retreat ... this time for authors and fans of Regency Romance novels. (It's Valentine's Day, after all). Turns out one of the authors is not as well loved as she thinks and ends up dead. Finding out the who and the why makes for another fine entry in this series. I read it on a recent dark and rainy day, which was perfect. :-)

Events from the past come to the surface in Encounters and Enemies, by Dianna Xarissa. In the past women married young, often to someone their parents selected, so marriages were not always happy. Where might this lead? And were all the stories even true? Women, who may or may not have had an affair with a prominent man of years ago are dying. Is there a connection? And what about Melanie, who was much younger? This is the fifth of the Isle of Man Ghostly mysteries.

Reading Hermit With Dog