I was sure I'd read Murder by the Book when Canadian Reader first told me about it, I even thought it was on a pile I'd saved for her! (It did sound awfully familiar!) I was wrong! It is the first in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series, by Lauren Elliott. A familiar plot, to start with, main character gets an unexpected inheritance (including a house), life is not going well where she is so she moves to the small town where the house is and opens a bookstore. Things to not go well ... the action starts on the first page ... there is a strange car lurking about (sometimes seemingly trying to run her over), both the house and store are broken into (several times), other store owners are unfriendly ... what the heck is going on? Read it and find out! ;-)

One of the characters in the Markham Sisters mysteries has always been a bit of a mystery, and this continues in The Rhodes Case. We know that Edward does 'something' for the government and has, in the past (before they owned the B&B) used Doveby House has a safe house. This time, however, when he arrives, they are to pretend they have never met. Why? Who is the young man he brings along, and is there any connection to recent robberies? Author Diana Xarissa has created a wonderful series here, nice little mysteries all with no bodies! :-)

It looks like a natural death, the victim was overweight, had heart problems, never exercised and ate poorly. He had been warned that something (several things) needed to change by his doctor. And who could he anger? He was a researcher, dealt with old papers, histories, things like that. Still, it was 'off' enough for Bruno to call in the ME. Fatal Pursuit, by Martin Walker deals with rare cars. Extremely rare cars. Cars collectors will pay huge amounts of money to own, and perhaps, even kill to get one. Considering that I'm not all that interested in cars, this was a fascinating read. ;-)

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