Reading while waiting for warmer weather

Will spring ever come? Will the snow ever melt? We're up to 80 days with over an inch on the ground.Good thing I have more books waiting for me to pick up this afternoon.
I started reading "Death Without Tenure" by Joanne Dobson and then discovered how topical it was when a college professor killed three of her fellow professors over tenure. Karen Pelletier is hoping to become tenured until the head of her department's senior faculty decides that the Native American professor, Joe Lone Wolf, should get that tenure instead of Karen - regardless of the fact that Karen has published tons and Lone Wolf has nothing. When Lone Wolf is found murdered, Karen comes under suspicion. Her boyfriend, Lieutenant Charlie Piotrowski, is serving with the reserves in Iraq and her daughter is in Nepal and her sister has dumped her Altzheimer afflicted mother on her during this time of stress.I loved the fact that Joe Lone Wolf turned out to be Frankie Vitagliano from Brooklyn and Karen ended up having a great-great-grandmother who was full blooded Native American!
"Rescuing Olivia" by Julie Compton started out pretty good and really was keeping my interest but then we seemed to get a little too much into the Robert Ludlum school of international thugs. Anders and his girlfriend, Olivia, have just spent the day at the beach in Florida and are on their way home when a car forces them off the road. Their helmets have been stolen and Olivia hits her head and ends up in the hospital. Her wealthy father accuses Anders of "killing" his daughter; there's a massive cover-up. The story ends up in Africa and I'm not buying any of it.
"Bellfield Hall" by Anna Dean reads like a Jane Austen book only it's a mystery. Dido Kent has been asked to join her niece, Catherine, at Bellfield Hall after her fiance leaves his home on the night of their engagement ball.When a young woman is found murdered in the shrubbery the next afternoon things don't look good for this wedding to take place. Book was OK but not really great.