I started a new author/series this past week and ended up just not liking it, especially how the main characters treated each other. I gave up and decided to go for something I knew I'd like and that was the 29th in the Miss Fortune Mystery series by Jana Deleon, Coeds and Cattails. It did not disappoint! All the familiar folks are back and doing things we expect from them, including what the author calls 'Gertie moments'! :-) A college coed has been murdered, one that was not well liked as she ratted people out, often meaning they were expelled or fired from the university. And, yet, she was invited to a party of one of the most popular people on campus. Why? Now, someone has been arrested for the murder, the daughter of Detective Casey, friends with the Swamp Team 3, who promise to look into things when the local campus police seem happy that they've solved the crime. They haven't, you know that, yes? ;-) Just a great series!

Murder in Highgate was in the box sent up by Wandering Reader. When the Ashford family opens up the family tomb they find a surprise ... a body hanging inside. Who is it? And why in their family tomb? Once they identify the body all sorts of secrets emerge. This is book nine in the Redmond and Hazy Mystery series by Irina Shapiro. Nicely done, I did not feel 'lost' starting this far into the series.

Reading Hermit With Dog