A personal preference for
light, fun reading includes cozy mysteries, particularly those set in the
United Kingdom and here are two which were recently published and are written
by authors I have previously reviewed on this blog. 
DEATH AT THE SEASIDE by Frances Brody is number
eight in the Kate Shackleton series which
is set in the 1920s. In this case, Kate is on holiday and discovers a body within
hours of arriving at the seaside village of Whitby. Her school friend, Alma, is
a suspect and so is Alma’s adolescent daughter, Felicity, who has run off in an attempt
to find her biological father. One of the stronger entries in this series,
there are two mysteries for Kate – who committed the murder and where has
Felicity gone? Of course, those stories intertwine and Kate’s faithful assistants,
Jim Sykes and Mrs. Sugden, even take some time from their own vacations to help
find answers. Like a day at the beach, this is adventuresome puzzle to savor!
I also enjoyed ON HER MAJESTY’S FRIGHTFULLY SECRET
SERVICE by Rhys Bowen. This
series features Lady Georgiana Rannoch who often is asked to undertake discreet
assignments for her distant cousin, the Queen, in the years before WWII. In this
case, Georgiana is off to the Italian lake country and a house party where the
Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson are house guests. There are some high
ranking Italian and German/Nazi officials there, too, as well as her mother
(hoping to thwart a former beau turned blackmailer). The setting was a beautiful
one to imagine and the plot becomes complicated due to the many potential
motives for murder. Starred review from Library
Journal for the latest installment by Bowen, an award-winning author.
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