A week of reading

With a week off for my birthday I had time to bead and read. I managed to do plenty of both. I got an Easter egg beaded (I'll get pictures on here as soon as I can) and several books read.
First up "Cream Puff Murder" by Joanne Fluke, one of my favorite light cozy authors. She always makes me hungry and makes me laugh. I just wish that she'd finally choose between Norman and Mike, her two beaus. I'm for Norman because he "gets" her sense of humor, is very caring and considerate. Mike is stupid enough to let pretty girls take advantage of him and not realize that he's hurting Hannah. This time she catches him in a lie. The latest pretty girl is the newest murder victim. Found with the tray of cream puffs Mike had gotten from Hannah - what a jerk. Lots of good recipes, plenty of laughs and a mystery solved.
Next up was a book recommended by Teresa Shane, "Defending Angels" by Mary Stanton a new mystery paperback series with more than a touch of the paranormal. Brianna Winston-Beaufort has inherited her uncle's law practice but needs to find temporary quarters until his office has been remodeled. The temporary space she finds is in an all-murderers' cemetery, her first case involves a local businessman who manages to call her several hours after his death. It takes awhile to discover that she and her sister are the only ones who see the special people who help her - her landlady, her secretary, clerk and handsome PI - since they are all part of the Celestial Court.
I was on a paranormal kick it seems because both of the other books I read had that element to them. "Hounding the Pavement" by Judi McCoy is about a dog walker who can literally talk to her dogs. When she discovers the body of one of her customers and no dog, she becomes very worried about the dog. There's a cute police detective and her own dog is a real sassy mouth. Fun read, light.
"Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun" by Victoria Laurie wasn't one of her best but it passed the lunch hours for me. M.J.Holliday has been suckered into using her abilities for a new TV show about people's possessions that are supposedly haunted. Most of the aren't but someone sneaks a very nasty dagger into the show and all hell literally breaks loose. She meets a new medium, Heath (not Seth as the book jacket states)and together they have quite the adventures and make money doing so.