It's been a while since I've read one of the Royal Spyness Mystery books so it was fun to get caught up with The Last Mrs. Summers, by Rhys Bowen. Lady Georgiana is back from her honeymoon and is on her way to see the cottage her good friend Belinda has inherited. They run into a former childhood friend. Seems she has 'married up' (to another friend from their past) and invites them to come for a visit. It is there that the learn of the death of the former wife ... and things start to get complicated ... Belinda has a 'past' with the husband, and then he is found dead in her bedroom ... it seems so obvious, but Lady Georgiana knows her friend is innocent. A fun read, full of twists and turns, old secrets, childhood memories ... do not start reading this book close to bedtime!

It's coming up on December, which means winter and holiday mysteries. Murder on a Midnight Clear by Sara Rosett is one of the many I hope to read this year. Jasper is off on one of his 'secret' jobs and Olive is worried. She follows him only to be involved in an automobile accident, and ends up at Holly Hill Lodge, where he is working. It's all here ... a large house, snowbound strangers, and, of course a murder. There are codes and encryptions, red herrings and hidden messages ... lots of fun here! An old turn of phrase was 'the butler did it' ... and while in this case, he didn't, he did do something and Jasper and Olive are on the case. This is part of the High Society Lady Detective series.

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