Here's a fun one, especially if you are a musician! Death in A Major, a Music Lover's Mystery by Sarah Fox. Looks to be the second in the series. It happens at the reception after the first concert of the season, which,of course, includes all the bigwigs, those who are supporters of the orchestra, one in particular, who donates a lot of money. He is a nasty sort, rude to everyone and known to leer at women. He drops dead. Turns out it's not from natural causes. Jordon, his grandson, and a violin student of Midori, asks for her help in figuring out the who and the how. There are a couple of interesting twists concerning the past of the dead man, and a 'pudgy' French Horn player.

Pandemonium at the Pet Store, a Molly Montgomery Cozy Mystery, by Tessa Aura was a ... curious read. It's short, just 88 pages. A new store owner (the pet store in the title) has gone missing. Molly (and others) did feel things were a bit 'off', but weren't sure why. What is in the locked room at the back of the store? And the strange deliveries? Not a bad little story, and truly a cozy, but for this reader, it read a bit like something written for a college creative writing class. Note: I was under the impression it was the first in the series, but it's actually the second.

Reading Hermit With Dog