Lana's good friend (and fellow tour guide), Randy is getting married. In Italy! Because he has a rather nasty ex-girlfriend (think restraining order) the actual location is a secret, even to those who have been invited. Things are going well as they group tours Rome, at least until that ex shows up, and makes threats. How did she find out where he was? When her body is found in the Trevi Fountain, and Randy is arrested, Lana once again finds herself searching for the real killer. Death By Fountain: a Christmas Murder in Rome, by Jennifer S. Alderson, is part of her Travel Can Be Murder series. This has been a most enjoyable series, with travel just the way I like it ... from my recliner. :-)

The Burning Issue of the Day is the next in the Lady Hardcastle series, by T E Kinsey, and said burning issue is votes for women. A body has been discovered in a building that burned down. It was that of an investigative journalist so the question becomes, what story was he working on? And why does the blame fall on a local group of suffragettes? A young woman has been arrested and is in jail. Things get really interesting when Lady Hardcastle and Florence are asked to investigate. Another hard to put down book in this delightful series.

Reading Hermit With Dog