In the bag of books from County Reader was The Scholar, by Dervla McTiernan. I'm calling it a 'methodical police procedural' ... it was not a cozy, there were no wild car chases, or even shots fired ... just the step by step process of solving the crime. It starts with a hit and run. The body of the victim was not recognizable, but there was in ID card in her pocket ... except that the police soon find that THAT person is still alive. So just who is the dead person? Just to keep things interesting there's another case going on, too, about a father who may or may not have been trying to kill his family. Just as a FYI, there's lots of 'family' stuff going on, not always happy. It's a well written, compelling read.

Here it is! The first in the new Aunt Bessie series! The Adams File: an Aunt Bessie Cold Case Mystery, by Diana Xarissa. Aunt Bessie's friend Andrew has formed a group to work on old, cold cases that his boss would really like to see cleared. This time it's a child that went missing several years back. Add to that, a current case where a cashier at the store where Bessie shops has been fired, and accused of theft. I thoroughly enjoyed this book ... it's short, just 183 pages, there's no violent death, etc. just a nice story. There are a few new characters, some you'll like, some you won't. Give it a try!

It's all about family ... Charlotte's cousin has been murdered, and the twin brother has been accused ... Sure that he never could have done such a thing, she again partners with the Earl of Wrexford to prove it. This involves 'high society', however, fraught with rumors and gossip. Secrets will be revealed. Murder at Kingston Palace is the third in the Wrexford and Sloan Historical Mystery series by Andrea Penrose and like her others if full of wonderful characters and lots of twists in the plot.

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