The small library, in a lighthouse, along North Carolina's Outer Banks is in the running to receive a collection (with funding to maintain) of rare historic documents pertaining to the area. The donor, Jay Ruddle, is working in the rare book room while a pre-Halloween party is going on. Later he is found dead. There are the usual suspects, of course, his grand-daughter, and the current curator ... but then his former daughter-in-law (and a new hubby) show up. Grievances from the past surface. Detective Watson certainly has his work cut out for him ... which means (of course) that the librarians will just have to help out, yes? Looks like I jumped in to the middle of the Lighthouse Library Mystery series, by Eva Gates with The Spook in the Stacks, but I was able to follow the characters and their relationships with each other just fine, the author did a nice job there.

A recent visit from the grands left Tall Reader with this tween read: The Last Human, by Lee Bacon. As robots got smarter they reasoned that humans were destroying the earth ... so they were eliminated. Or so it was thought. It's a world with no war, no pollution ... every one has a job, and a purpose. Things are running smoothly until a 12 year old girl appears on the scene. That changes everything! A fun story about friendship (a new concept for robots) and perspective ... is everything the (robot) president said true? This won't take long to read!

Reading Hermit With Dog