It's been a while since I've read one of the Andy Carpenter Mystery books by David Rosentfelt, so it was nice to get back to the reluctant lawyer in Best in Snow. Andy was out walking the dogs one morning, in the snow, when Tara expressed an interest in something in the snow. Thinking it was a squirrel, Andy let her go. Instead of a squirrel, however, she had found a body, the body of Mayor Alex Olivia. Prime suspect is a reporter who published what proved to be a false story about this mayor, who made sure he was fired from his job. The evidence piles up against him, and Andy is asked to take the case by a good friend, another reporter who believes the young man to be innocent. It's a twisted, complicated case, and there will be other bodies. Figuring every thing out made for a good read with some great dogs.

Many of the books I read have main characters of (or above) retirement age and that's the case in A Spoonful of Murder, by J.M. Hall, too. Three retired school teachers happily meet for coffee every Thursday. One week they run into another ex-colleague who turns up dead in less than a week. Naturally, they have to investigate!

Thanksgiving is coming and the Swamp Team 3 (well, two of them) are out to shoot a turkey (they are allowed to bag two birds). Fortune comes along for the outing, and because she's never been on a turkey shoot before. One of the birds lands (and sinks) into the bayou but instead of pulling it to the surface, they snag a body instead. It's a recent retiree who was headed for another state. He recently sold his business to Ally, baker extraordinaire, who is planning on opening her own store, but when she is attacked one night in that very space, things get 'interesting'. Turns out there are other odd happenings at that store (used to be a dry cleaners), old money (from a robbery decades ago) surfaces, and someone thought to be dead shows up .... elements to make Swamp Sweets another great read in the Miss Fortune Mystery series by Jana Deleon.

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