In a bag of books I recently received from another reader was one of the Phryne Fisher Mystery books: Death in Daylesford, by Kerry Greenwood. It was fun getting back to the character! It's supposed to be a holiday ... a nice, relaxing holiday, but you know that can't happen! There some murders ... done in public and in plain site, there are missing wives (loved the result here!), and one missing person. The local sheriff is pretty much useless so Phryne steps in to help out. And remember Phryne's three adopted kids? They solve a mystery, too!

Canadian Reader discovered another series by Jodi Taylor, author of the Chronicles of St Mary's books. Time travel has become, well, almost common place, and almost anyone has the means to do so. Mostly, it seems, it's used to go a week or so ahead and find out winning lottery numbers. Recruits start at the academy. Training ends where the finalists are put into teams and given a six month probationary period. This is supposed to give the teams time to learn to work together. Alas, our three are each at the academy for personal reasons, none of them the usual for wanted to become a Time Police Officer. Becoming a team is ... rough! Tag along as they make various jumps to resolve issues in the time line of history (the jump to Australia to retrieve a pregnant rabbit is hysterical). Doing Time is the first in her Time Police series.

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