What Fiction are you reading this week, December 19, 2021?

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I am reading The Usual Santas, A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers. " A captivating collection, featuring bestselling and award-winning authors that contains plenty of laughs, hardboiled holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season." It's a very diverse group of tales from places like Cuba, China, S Korea. Sometimes it's noir with a capital "N". Colin Cotterill is the only author I recognize so far, but I'm only about 1/3 of the way through.

I also just read Take A Look At the Five and Ten, by Connie Willis, an enchanting science fictional Christmas tale and screwball comedy. It was delightful, and romantic, and at just over 100 pages I read it in one evening. Recommended, for a bit of seasonal joy.

Listening to Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones, a suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigans which finally became available to me after many weeks. It is a good one; easy to see why it's so popular.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy week. What is on your holiday reading list?