I love the cover of this book! I'm hoping to fulfill a wish at the Oxford convention.

Amazon:
In the second charming Jane Lawless mystery, the winter solstice nears and Jane, a Minneapolis restaurateur, is invited to spend the week at Fothergill Inn, a Victorian house-turned B&B. Jane's old friend Leigh has spent years renovating the house and reopening it as an inn and restaurant. The inn has become so successful that people drive the fifty miles from Minneapolis just for dinner. But when Jane and her best friend, Cordelia, arrive for a week of relaxation, they find that the weekend's guests are anything but pleased, and that relaxing is the furthest thing from their minds. Broken glass litters the parking lot, dead animals turn up in the bedrooms, a bomb scare threatens the lives of the inn's guests--there is no doubt that someone is trying to scare the visitors. Then the pranks take a deadly turn when a customer ends up dead, and Jane must help her friend get to the bottom of these malicious and murderous events--before someone else dies.

Included in a box sent to the Oxford convention; intended for a specific BCer. Hope you like it!

I wish the convention lasted longer. Then we could read and return some of the books. I'm doing a dress-rehersal for tomorrow's packing and it does not bode well. Break a leg? Rip a book? Most of the books are in, but none of the clothes are... I'm so glad I chose indecency and didn't pack my tent of a nightie. I'm drinking so much tea that only a dialysis could beat me, but it does not seem to help. HELP!
I hope I do not win anything from the raffles!

Finally I get to read this book as it's been almost three years since my last convention. And I won't allow myself to travel to new ones before I've read all the books I've taken home from Gothenburg and Oxford.
I've read one Ellen Hart mystery before (M is for Meatloaf), so I didn't realize this was a lesbian mystery. Didn't even know they existed. Well, as long as the plot is good I guess I do not mind. Came here to say that I've never heard of the old Scandinavian ritual of Tying Down the Sun on Dec 21st. Mind you, Finland is not part of Scandinavia, it is merely one of the Nordic countries, but still I would have suspected of hearing about this tradition by now if it existed.

Finished. Half way through I was pleased with myself for figuring out who and why, but this story had a few twists and turns. Good plotting. The witchcraft was a bit too much, but as it is Easter I'll let it pass. Had to finish the book, although today I was meant to do bookkeeping only. Or at least bookkeeping first.

Don't know why this was called a lesbian mystery. There have been gays and lesbians in books before, without the need to label the book because of that. A cynic would say that if you want to get a literary award for the Best Lesbian Mystery, then you would have to call it one. This book was one of the finalists - I wonder how many competitors there were in the first place?

Will drop this off to Oofiri next.

Left the book at oofiri's mailbox as I was driving home from work.

Found in the mailbox. What a lovely surprise! Yes, kirjakko, I'm still involved in the Invisible Library (the BC nick Invisible-L), this is perfect. Might read it on the way, too. Thank you!