I am currently reading what is essentially a murder mystery (set in revolutionary Boston but with magic). I almost never do that. This book was signed by the author and recommended and given to me by the person it was signed for (my brother’s housemate).
![Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson](https://i0.wp.com/spjg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/murder-mysteries-3-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
At some point I realized that by an odd coincidence, the book I read immediately prior to this one was ALSO essentially a murder mystery (actually a contemporary thriller, set in the UK). It is ALSO signed by the author.
![Bitter Fruits by Alice Clark-Platts](https://i0.wp.com/spjg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/murder-mysteries-2-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
I did not read these two in a row on purpose. And actually, it turns out I didn’t really read them in a row; there was a YA fantasy novel in between that I read in one sitting. It’s just that I’m trying to read books more or less in reverse order as they come into my possession, and these are both books I got recently. And they’re not that much alike—they’re not even the same size!—except that they both revolve around murder cases and they’re both signed.