Small animal veterinarian Ginny Reese is taking a much needed, long overdue vacation. She is taking her sister along to investigate the condo she has recently inherited. There should be some valuable art work on the walls. Contact with the property manager has not gone well and she is hoping to clear that up as well. Instead, a body is found in her condo. The lead investigator, hoping for lots of favorable publicity is looking for an easy resolution, which just might be Ginny, yes? Especially when the pictures on the wall prove to be imitations of the real thing. (Think insurance fraud). With her dog, and her friends, and eventually her boyfriend, she hopes to answer all the questions ... before the hurricane arrives. A Corpse in the Condo is part of the Cozy Pet Lovers Mystery series by M.K. Dean.

Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity is the fifth in the Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series by Elizabeth C. Bunce. To her great surprise Miss Judson learns she has inherited land (including a castle) in Scotland. She and Myrtle (along with Cook and Peony, the cat) travel there to check it out. It is run down, and out of date, but has a feisty, spirited staff determined to keep it out of the hands of a developer who wants to buy it. Naturally there are mysteries (some ages old), and a body, and 'ghosts' ... all which made for a wonderful adventure. Author wrote with a Scottish brogue, so to speak, and I found that sort of hard to follow, but there is a useful glossary in the back.

Reading Hermit With Dog