Looks like I didn't hit 'publish' on Monday, sorry about that! There will be two posts today. :-)

It took a while for Quenby Olson to come out with the third Miss Percy Guide book, but Miss Percy's Definitive Guide to the Restoration of Dragons was worth the wait. Dragon eggs have begun hatching all over Wales. Miss Percy is the expert on these things and hopes to keep things under control, but her niece has other plans. Belinda has recently stolen a newly hatched dragon along with at least a dozen of unhatched eggs and headed to London, pretty much to gain attention to herself, and make money. Getting the eggs back will not be easy! The prince regent is interested, and is actually sponsoring Belinda. He wants to keep the eggs/dragons in London, they can only add to his popularity, yes? Belinda is putting herself forward as the expert on dragons (she has stolen Miss Percy's notebooks, put those into her own handwriting so it looks as if all the knowledge is hers). Said knowledge is incomplete! ALL dragons are different ... so far one can start a fire by sneezing, one needs to ingest coal on a regular basis, one burps acid that can burn whatever it touches ... Miss Percy is very worried if dragons are hatched in London and what might happen! The quest to find and return the eggs to Wales makes for a glorious adventure!

Those that live in Sunset Hall are old, so, when a body shows up next door, and they think they might have ideas about that, the police pretty much just dismiss them. They decide to solve the mystery themselves. Join this quirky bunch, all with various infirmities, mobility issues, and levels of dementia as they figure out the reason for not only the death of their neighbor but two more as well. Along the way you will learn more about the characters, a bit about their pasts, and why they live together. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp is the first in the Miss Sharp Investigates series. It was written by Leonie Swann and translated from the German by Amy Bojang.

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After starting, and giving up on a book that looked hopeful, and had an interesting subject matter, but was too dry for this reader to continue, I plucked the fourth Enola Holmes mystery by Nancy Springer off my TBR shelf. Enola has been working on mundane, but paying cases ... a missing dog, a missing ring, and, of all things, a missing artificial leg! Back in the days before indoor plumbing, there were public restrooms, often with sitting areas so those weary (think women in layers of clothing) could 'set a bit'. It is here when Enola and a former client recognize each other. Lady Cecily, dressed in the most fashionable, uncomfortable and confining dress (and with questionable chaperones) manages to signal to Enola that she needs help. She does so through the language of the fan. (!) And so begins the Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan ... another grand romp with the younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. Why is Cecily no longer with her mother, and just where is the mother? Who are the rather dreadful chaperones attending to her? And why is she being held at other times in an orphanage? Such fun!

A strange 999 call (think 911) with nothing more than ragged breathing leads the detectives of Llangwelli to a body, some odd tire tracks, and eventually, of course, another body. One of their own is attacked ... why? And how did the dead biker end up propped against a tree? Lots of odd happenings here, with some good twists and turns as the evidence is collected. A Body Down the Lane is the third West Wales Murder Mystery by P.F. Ford.

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