Here it is, the last Aunt Bessie until Canadian Reader arrives with more (there might be just one, actually …) in December! Aunt Bessie Provides, one of the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery books, by Diana Xarissa has Constable Hugh Watterson (newly married and looking for a house) working on a cold case. It involves a body that washed up on the beach twenty years back. Naturally, Aunt Bessie steps in to help. Tracking down those who might have been on the island back then is quite a challenge! And will the locals remember much? Or be willing to talk about it?

A healthy dog is brought into a vet to be put down … Andy Carpenter’s vet, to be specific. Why? The microchip information does not match what information was given. Again, why? This is how it all starts in Bark of the Night, the most recent Andy Carpenter Mystery by David Rosenfelt. Andy is reluctant to take on a case, but the young man is innocent and has a rather formidable grandmother who says so. Another clever court room mystery with great characters and really, really bad guys!

Reading Hermit With Dog