Agatha Christies husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries. Compulsively readable, and laugh-out-loud funny. Agatha Christies husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.

Joe’s insights (and insults) are comical, as he falls for the only other blue-collar non-college-degree writer in the group, Wonder, a Dunkin’ manager who still lives at home with her dad and sister. The fourth book, “For You and Only You,” sees Joe in Cambridge for a Harvard writing fellowship. Her debut “You” (2014) saw Joe in New York, with each successive book in the series moving to a different locale. Set in 1950s Cold War Britain, the otherwise-ordinary married couple are thrown into a world of adventure and international espionage as they try to solve crimes. The Cape Cod-raised Brown alum Kepnes - who also had a New England-set stand-alone with “Providence” - has created a distinctive voice with snarky stalker/killer Joe Goldberg. David Walliams and Jessica Raine star as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in this Agatha Christie spy drama. I first heard of “You” from the Netflix series - the books are so much better. “ For You and Only You ,” by Caroline Kepnes. (Catch Reyes at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield May 13.) You have to be OK with stretching your imagination a bit toward the end - but Reyes preps you for that, dropping hints about magical realism. It reminds Maya of a high school trauma, and sends her packing to mom’s Pittsfield home to figure out a hazy mystery from her past. Protagonist Maya is a BU alum living in Boston with her boyfriend - and trying to detox from Klonopin - when she clicks on a disturbing video: a woman dropping dead in a restaurant. “ The House in the Pines ,” by UMass-Amherst alum Ana Reyes, shines a spotlight on Pittsfield and the Berkshires.

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