If you are in the mood for a collection of short stories then try Reader, I Buried Them and other stories, by Peter Lovesey. It's a rather delightful collection of stories, many with a twist, some that should make you laugh out loud. Most enjoyable.

There's always a birdy twist in the Meg Langslow Mystery books by Donna Andrews, and Birder, She Wrote, is no exception. (Don't miss the dedication)! In addition to a good mystery there's all kinds of information on bees and hummingbirds, too. There are newbies ... from the city ... who think they want the quiet country life but are unaware it is noisy (think roosters) and smelly (think fertilizer), and are happy to complain about it, and a reporter, supposedly from a southern life magazine following Meg's grandmother around ... is she, really? Poor Meg, who just wanted some quiet hammock moments gets to figure it all out.

Reading Hermit With Dog