Bryant & May: The Lonely Hour is the most recent Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher Fowler. It does indeed feel lonely as the unit does not seem to be working together as well as is has in the past. The murderer too, is solitary as he tracks down his victims. He uses a most unusual item to kill them, though, and this will help track him down. As usual, that proves most interesting as Bryant has his own way of investigation! More intense that I remember from earlier books in this series, there are some nice bits of humor too as Mr. Bryant continues to look up and use, archaic words!

There is now a truce between Fae and dragon, but it is shaky at best. Irene is on a search for a book, as she has done many times before, but this time it is one specific book than can save a world near and dear to her. The price for this is to steal a painting. And so begins The Secret Chapter, by Genevieve Cogman, the most recent of the Invisible Library series. These have all been good adventures, crossing between different versions of familiar times and cities although this one seemed a bit darker. I do love her companions in her quests, especially the dragon.

For a lighter read … nice, short mysteries that do NOT include a body go for Lady Gold Investigates - Volume 2: Companion Short Stories to Ginger Gold Mysteries, by Lee Strauss and with Norm Strauss. Recipes … very important ones that should be unique to one restaurant are showing up in other establishments. They are kept in a safe so who is passing them out? And why? Paired with a theft from a museum, these two stories make the perfect afternoon read.

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