A body has been found in the construction area of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Queen Victoria is not amused! She hires Daniel and Abigail, known as the 'museum detectives' to solve the crime. She gives them a letter which allows them to search anywhere, ask anyone questions, and so on. This does NOT amuse the local police chief and he is determined to solve the mystery first. Sadly, that results in the wrong man being arrested. (You thought the police chief was angry before .... ) Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum is another fun romp in the Museum Mystery series by Jim Eldridge.

I picked up The Socialite's Guide to Murder, first in the Pinnacle Hotel Mystery series by S.K. Golden because the main character looked different from those in other books. Boy, was she ever! And, someone I had a very hard time relating to as well! Young, slender, blond (not natural), rich, entitled, living in her father's posh hotel, wears pink, walls and furnishings are in pink, patterns herself after Marilyn Monroe (set in 1958), carries a purse dog ... !! She has a talent for finding things, though, starting with a missing purse, then a child. When a body is found, and a painting is stolen and her best friend (and fake boyfriend) is accused, she sets out to solve both crimes. You learn she has not left the hotel for over a decade, and why, with the hint of further information in forthcoming books, so she does get a wee bit more likeable. I did rather like the mystery, if not the character. :-)

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