Murder in the Winter Woods is the 8th in the Julia Bird Mysteries by Katie Gayle (who is actually two women writing together). It's nearing Christmas in Berrywick, usually a busy time for the small town taxi driver. Sadly, his body is found when Julia is out for a walk. It seems at first to be an accident, but then something is found near the body that suggests otherwise. Turns out, he was not all that well liked, so that might be a motive? Then a local bee keeper, who IS well liked is also found dead. Julie believes the deaths to be linked, but how?

Here is is, the last of the Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy books by Diana Xarissa: Zephyrs and Zombies. Wedding planning is going on, one with a very short planning time so it is most incovenient when Fenalla first discovers that some sort of wild party was held on her land (and left a huge mess) and that there is a body. It's at one of her small cottages at the far end of the island ... and actually was set up in the wrong spot. Seems someone knew this, but didn't correct it. Just what is an undead party anyway? Motive and suspects emerge as the story progresses, the few (eight) attendees are not necessarily as they seem.

Reading Hermit With Dog