There once was an award winning beer in Yorkshire but it's not been brewed since Richard and Emily's father died, taking the recipe with him. They have set up rival breweries in town. One of the issues seem to be that women cannot brew beer properly (they can), an attitude felt so strongly that someone scribbles hateful graffiti on the walls of Emily's establishment. Then the former town bully shows up (after many years away, during which no one missed him). He claims he has the recipe to the old beer and will let it go to the highest bidder. Not long after, his body is found, face down, in one of the fermentation tanks. DCI Oldroyd and Andy Carter will have a hard time on this one, there are lots of folks with motives! The Brewery Murders is one of the Yorkshire Murder Mystery books by J.R. Ellis and might go well with a pint of ale! (Or in my case, tea).

After reading several books that just did not catch my interest I opted for the next Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy books by Diana Xarissa: Roses and Revenge. It was nice to get back to the familiar characters again. This time, Fenella, Daniel (and yes, even Mona) are in Buffalo. Fenella has returned to New York to attend the wedding of her former boyfriend, Jack. Daniel comes along, hoping to do a lot of the 'touristy' things he's read about. The bride's former husband, George, crashes the engagement party, claiming that the bride to be (Linda) is still in love with him and he wants her back. This, of course, causes much turmoil, and then his body is found in found in a dumpster outside the hotel where many of the wedding guests are staying. This puts Fenella and Daniel right in the middle of the investigation, and while Daniel has no jurisdiction in the states, his experience proves useful to the investigation, and and Fenella do end up helping out. There's lots of past history between many of the wedding party, could someone have some sort of motive because of that? Almost a one day read. :-)

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