It's been a while since I read one of the Andy Carpenter Mystery books by David Rosenfelt, so it was nice to get back to his characters with Flop Dead Gorgeous. Andy, a lawyer, is always trying to retire (he doesn't need to work anymore) but cases seem to keep finding him. In this case it was someone he'd once dated in high school who is now a well known acting star. She's in town, filming, when she is accused of murder. The victim was found in her house, they'd argued publicly, it was her cake knife in his back ... how will Andy ever prove she's innocent? Join him and his team (do love Marcus!) as they look for the way to do this. I actually had the 'who' figured out this time (doesn't happen very often) but not the 'why'.

Thanks to a loan from a good friend, I did not have to wait too long to read The Last Devil to Die, the fourth in the Thursday Murder Club Mystery series by Richard Osman. A good friend of the Thursday Clubbers has been killed, and something he had is missing. This sets the group on the hunt for the killer, of course. They encounter antique dealers, art forgers, on-line scams, drugs (and interesting ways to move them in and out of the country). This is a 'thriller' so of course there are more bodies and tense moments (kept me reading far into the night). There were some fun twists, too, although sadly, one ended up in a death. I even figured out one little piece of the mystery!

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