Crime & Punctuation is the start of a new series by Kaitlyn Dunnett. It caught my attention because the main character was an English teacher, now retired, but is earning a bit of money as a freelance editor, and can be aggressive when it comes to correcting grammar errors! She recently purchased her childhood home and is repairing and restoring it as she settles back in to her home town. When one of her first clients (the first one she meets face to face, actually) dies, she’s pretty sure it was not an accident. All sorts of interesting and nasty things start to surface, and old friends and classmates are not always what they seem. Are there clues in the mystery novel the dead woman was writing when she died? The Deadly Edits Mystery series could be fun.

Hooray! Another Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy, by Diana Xarissa. Joy and Jealousy is set during the Christmas season, Fenella’s first in her recently inherited flat on the Isle of Man. One big damper, though, her former boyfriend is coming … and not by invitation. Someone he met at a conference offered him the keys to his flat over the holidays. Jack announces he is coming, and when, and then turns off voice mail, refuses to answer Fenella’s calls, texts, emails and so on. Two things happen when he arrives: a bevy of women show up at the flat where he is staying, and, the man who gave him the keys is found dead. Figuring this all out, and dealing with Jack, makes for a rather … interesting holiday. Not to mention Mona’s (the ghost) comments and otherwise ‘helpful’ involvement. Such a fun series! :-)

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