Partners in Crime

 A Tommy and Tuppence short story collection by Agatha Christie. 1929. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford run Mr. Blunt's detective agency with the help of Mr. Carter, a British intelligence leader. They recover jewels, expose a smuggling ring, and capture a Russian spy in addition to other adventures.

Nightshade

 Detective Stilwell, book 1 by Michael Connelly. Published in 2025. Stilwell lives on Catalina Island in California and is under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles county sheriff. The book is a police procedural that takes place in the current year. The body of a young woman is found submerged in the harbor and leads to the investigation of her suspicious death.

Eligible

 A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. By Curtis Sittenfeld. 2016. A story about Mr. And Mrs. Bennet and their five unmarried daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio. I found it very engaging as I was completely wrapped up in the family drama. Mr. Bennet suffers a heart attack and bypass surgery which brings home Jane and Liz from New York. Jane starts a romance with Chip Bingley, friend of Fizwilliam Darcy. Liz is a writer for the magazine Mascara and is offended by Fitzwilliam Darcy at a party. She soon is attracted to him in a comedy of errors. Eligible is a reality tv series in which Chip Huntley is the most eligible bachelor. As the story continues the whole Bennet family is on Eligible as Jane marries Chip after an misunderstanding. I think the novel is quite humorous.

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

 By Jesse Q. Sutanto. 2023. I was looking for a really good cozy mystery and I came across this unusual book that was recommended. It didn't disappoint. Lots of quirky characters enrich the story. Vera Wong is a sixty year old widow who runs a tea house in Chinatown in San Francisco. She wakes up one morning to find a dead man who has broken in to her shop. She decides to do some detecting and solve the murder. Along the way she makes friends with a group of people who knew the dead man.