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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