When Canadian Reader was due to arrive I put the first two Ginger Gold Mystery books by Lee Strauss in the guest room. Seems they were well liked as all eight of the ones I have here were read during this visit! I am following slowly behind as I just finished Book 4: Murder at Feathers and Flair. Initially hired to look for a missing actor, that case takes a back seat when someone (a Russian grand duchess) is murdered at the gala at Ginger's newly opened store. The plot thickens, as they say, when she finds a cryptic message in the pocket of a shawl left behind, and someone from her past reappears. There's fake jewelry and some great disguises, too. Canadian Reader and I are both enjoying this series and we think you might as well. :-)

The Mortal Word, the fifth in the Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman seemed darker to me than the earlier books. The dragons and the Fae are trying to come up with a peace agreement, with the Librarians as neutral in-betweens. The murder of a dragon changes (and complicates) everything. There's a lot going on: poisonings, kidnappings, attacks .... complex but interesting. :-)

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