Another new author/series for me: An Irish Bookshop Murder, first of the Mercy McCarthy Mystery series by Lucy Connelly. Mercy and her twin sister, Lizzie, own and run a bookshop they inherited from their grandfather. Things are going well until a neighbor, a judge, dies, on his doorstep, and accuses Mercy of killing him, loud enough for others to hear. She and her sister decide to investigate the 'why' here, why would he do such a thing? They hardly know each other. Going through his library of old books they discover letters ... turns out many folks had motive for doing the old judge in and it is up to them to figure out which one.

A large tract of land is up for sale. Two companies are interested, one will build hundreds of homes, the other a water park. The owner is looking at this as a means to support him in his retirement, and help with the medical care his ailing wife needs. His sister, who owns a part of the land is holding out, she does not want to sell. The small town nearby is not amused, they do NOT want this near them. Except for maybe one person, a policitian. The body of a surveyor is the first victim in The Case of Castle Meadow, one in the Inspector David Graham Mystery series by Alison Golden and Grace Dagnall. There are lots of secrets here, a 'find' that could change everything, another death ... all which makes things interesting for the first week a new employee at the police station ... Martin Standish. He moved his family here for a quieter life.

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