Mycroft Holmes, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse was dark, gritty, violent ... and perhaps I should not have read it immediately after an Aunt Bessie cozy! It was good, a grand adventure if you will, that takes the reader into the seamier sides of Trinidad, and the deaths of several children. I loved learning that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not just a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, but used those observational skills to improve his basketball game. :-)

Murder at High Tide is the first in the Rosa Reed Mystery series by Lee Strauss and her husband Norm. Rosa is the daughter of Ginger Gold and is a WPC (Woman Police Constable) in London. She is recovering from a wedding that did not happen (her choice) in Santa Bonita, CA, where she has cousins. Naturally she gets involved in a murder case. Not a bad start!

Canadian Reader clued me in to the new Scottish Bookshop Mystery: The Loch Ness Papers. This one deals with family, expected and unexpected, an old book, and the controversy over whether or not Nessie really does exist. There's a death, of course, and a wedding and some fun twists and turns from author Paige Shelton. Oh, and some fun bits involving accents, Scottish and Texan!

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