Some recent mystery reads:
Tim Myers ~ A Flicker of Doubt, fourth book in his Candlemaking Mysteries. Harrison Black was aimlessly drifting through life until he inherited a candle making store from his great-aunt. The business gives him an outlet for his creativity, and managing a small business and trying to earn enough money so that the business and he can both survive becomes a time consuming and passion generating center for his life. In the fourth book of this series, Harrison has the misfortune of finding his former girl friend's body floating in the river that runs by his store. The county sherriff declares it to be a suicide. Harrison believes that her death was a result of foul play, and sets out to prove it.
Alan Gordon ~ Thirteenth Night, the first in his Fools' Guild Mysteries series. In the Middle Ages, the fools and troubadors of Europe and the Mediterranean were members of a very secret society whose primary goal is to foster peace throughout the continent and surrounding regions - this is the premise behind this quite wonderful mystery series. In the first book, Gordon writes a sequel to Shakespeare's Twelth Night, where the Fool who was a character in that story is sent once again to the city of Orsino to investigate the death of one of the important nobles of that story. Malvolio is, of course, the prime suspect!
Alan Gordon ~ Jester Leaps In, the second book of the Fools' Guild Mysteries. After the events of Thirteenth Night, Theo (also known as Feste the fool) and his new wife/apprentice are sent on a very dangerous mission to Constantinople, where all of the fools and troubadors have gone missing and are presumed dead. Thye must somehow survive the deadly Imperial politics while trying to solve the mystery of the vanished fools - and while back in Italy, a Crusade prepares itself for invasion and bloodshed.
The Gordon series is wonderful, and I have every intention of tracking down the remaining books!!!!!!! ******************************************************
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