I lucked out and got to read two lovely cozy mysteries over this Christmas break:

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers

A man dies in a lonely teashop, and the proprietor decides that she is going to solve this mystery. I loved this book, and it was the perfect read for my holiday. This joins the Thursday Murder Club for great mysteries involving older people solving mysteries.

You may have heard of the idea of love languages: Vera Wong’s love language is food and I found myself starving after almost every chapter.

Aunt Dimity’s Death

Not a murder mystery, but more fantastical mystery, I nevertheless was mostly charmed by this book. However, a misapprehension gained early in the book led me down a wild goose chase that never paid off; the book is for the better not paying my hunch off, but my wife went down the same road, which suggests this is either intentional or at least a flaw others have tripped on.

Still. This was a cute read, and could probably be comfortably consumed a weekend or less, if you don’t have children clambering across you.