One last holiday read today. A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries is one of those nice collections of old stories edited by Martin Edwards. Some are by authors with a familiar name, others are reprinted here for the first time so the author should be new to you. And, as with all collections, I liked some better than others. :-) I think my favorite was the one about the cat, or maybe the title story ... let's just say it's accurate!

Reading Hermit With Dog