The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, 229 pages

 What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?

Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that’s not the main reason customers stop by . . .

The father-daughter duo are ‘food detectives’. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories – dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness. The restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to vanished moments, creating a present full of possibility.

The Cat Who Smelled A Rat by Lilian Jackson Braun, 229 pages

 Philanthropist James Quilleran and his crime-solving cats investigate the murders of a volunteer fire-watcher and a local curling champ as a mysterious crime wave engulfs the town of Pickax. 200,000 first printing.

I'm in Love With Mothman by Paige Lavoie, 229 pages

 22-year-old Heather is suffering from an epic case of burnout.

So, just like any other young influencer, she

abandons her social platforms. Check!

gathers up her best flowy dresses. Check!

and moves to a desolate cabin. Check!

Heather imagines spending her #unplugged days traipsing through the woods and tending to her garden. However, her cottagecore fantasy is turned upside down when a wounded cryptid crashes into her roof—and her heart.

With no help from her internet followers, and the local monster-hunter growing suspicious, Heather’s quiet life in the wilderness has suddenly become a little more complicated. To make matters worse, she thinks she might be falling in love with the brooding winged man in her living room.

Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George, 229 pages

 A castle that is constantly rearranging itself, and a young royal family sworn to protect it... Celie, Rolf, and their beloved Castle Glower are back in this exciting sequel.

When her brother Rolf dares her to catch magical Castle Glower creating a new room, Princess Celie takes the challenge! No one knows the Castle better than she does. But as usual, the Castle has ideas of its own.Celie finds the new room first, and inside it is hidden a giant egg. It looks like The Castle wants Celie to care for the egg and whatever creature it hatches! Celie hadn't bargained for a pet, and caring for this one will prove to be especially tricky, once Celie and her siblings realize what else the Castle is hiding....

All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris, 229 pages

FINALLY, a new Aurora Teagarden mystery. After at least 10 years of sadness, we have a new one. I think this and the Shakespeare series have been my favorites of Charlaine Harris. This was fun, intriguing and I loved getting to revisit old characters. I just really hope we don't have to wait another decade for more.

The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer, 229 pages

A historical mystery set in 1431 England, featuring a nun as the detective. Not bad

, but I don't think I'll pick up the others in the series.

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg, 229 pages

My youngest daughter had asked me to bring this book home for her. She'd complained about a teacher reading it out loud to them instead of letting the kids read their own books to themselves. But then the teacher didn't finish the book and Samantha had to know how it ended. The ironic thing was, just a few days later I was reading a book that listed this as a wonderful read. It was sweet and touching, and I'm glad I picked it up. But then again, I don't think I've read anything by Fannie Flagg that I didn't enjoy.

Archie Archives Volume 3, 229 pages

Some of the issues from the early 40s were a little racist.

Deadly Attraction by Laurie John, 229 pages

Don't date Jessica or Elizabeth, you won't do well.

The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Get Away From It All by Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones, 229 pages

These Coffee Tea or Me Girls books are a guilty pleasure of mine. Written in the 70s, it's the sexual escapades of two stewardesses and their friends. The books are funny and just a great bit of mind candy.