I like this series, Music Shop Mysteries because of the connection to music. :-) Snake in the Brass, by Jennifer Lamont Leo is the third book. Set in Idaho, in 1920 ... a new age in music is developing ... jazz! A group, the Midnight Serpents, has arrived in town to give a concert of this daring new music and not everyone approves. The concert seems to have gone well, until a body shows up. It looks like an accident, but we know that can't be true. Sassy cat Moxie helps with the investigation.

This book, Three Bags Full, a Sheep Detective Book, by Leonie Swann, first came out in 2005. It's now back, in a 'deluxe' edition, and about to be released as a major motion picture. I read it on the recommendation of Canadian Reader. Turns out, sheep make pretty good detectives! Their shepherd, the one who reads to them, is dead. The flock is determined to find out just who did this horrible thing and this is how they do so! There is a great description of each sheep at the start, strengths and weaknesses and so on, that made for a great reference as I read. Sheep, of course, pick up on different things than mere humans, a scent, for example. I liked it, they act very sheep like, there's very little human like behavior here. Most enjoyable.

Reading Hermit With Dog