Playing It Safe is the third Electra McDonnell novel by Ashley Weaver. It's 1940, London, during the Blitz. Ellie has been sent, undercover, to the port city of Sunderland to look for, well, Ellie isn't quite sure yet. Before she even has a chance to meet with the boss, however, she's nearly been shoved in front of a trolley, and a the young man who saved her has died (and not from the trolley). As part of her assignment she makes friends with some of the locals, some of which are not as they seem. There is an unused printing factory (shortage of paper means no new books), but is it really unused? Ellie even gets to use some of her lock-picking skills again. Is there is a traitor? And just who is it?

After reading some non-fiction, and one rather grim mystery I decided I needed something lighter to read, so I grabbed the next Miss Fortune Mystery by Jana Deleon. :-) In Fortune Funhouse a traveling carnival is in town (remember those?). It should all be fun (Gertie wants to ride the roller coaster) but, of course, it's not. A body is found in the funhouse (seems a bit unfair, doesn't it) and it's a good friend of Swamp Team 3 (and Carter's mother). She's still alive but when folks step back to allow the paramedics to do their job another body, this one dead, is discovered. He is someone who has been to Sinful before and is not well liked. Unfortunately, the state police are brought in, this one a particularly lazy and unmotivated one who can easily see that Carter loses his badge should he do anything involved with the case. Complicated but fun!

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