November reads

Sujata Massey, Girl in a Box
Latest in the Rei Shimura series, this one was pretty disappointing. Rei has become a secret agent of sorts and returns to Japan. The cultural element in this one was fashion and the role of fancy department stores in Japan, just not as interesting as earlier ones.

Lea Wait, Shadows at the Fair
First in the Maggie Simon series, about an antique prints dealer who helps solve a string of murders at a craft fair

Lea Wait, Shadows on the Coast of Maine
Maggie goes to visit an old friend who has moved to Maine and helps solve a murder that happens during her visit

Lea Wait, Shadows on the Ivy
#3 Maggie Simon, focuses on Maggie's other work as an instructor at the local college, where she gets involved with solving the murder of a student

Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth
Recent in the Maisie Dobbs series, another good one in this interesting series. Maisie is hired to determine whether an artist was murdered or committed suicide, and her investigation takes her back to the artist's experiences during WWI

Lea Wait, Shadows at the Spring Show
Another Maggie Simon, went through these too quickly perhaps, was pretty bored with this one

Julia Spencer-Fleming, All Mortal Flesh
Recent in the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series. A really sad one in this superb series. The trouble between Fergusson and Van Alstyne and their relationship has a number of tragic repercussions.

Susan Dunlap, A Single Eye
A new Sue Dunlap! I never thought I'd see the day. Although I wish she would return to the Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series, this was an interesting read about a stuntwoman who solves a mystery while at a Zen retreat.