Two books completed:
"The Lizard War", by John Dalmas, bought from Baen a long time ago (probably around 2000 or so). Baen description:
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It's a thousand years after World War III and Earth lies supine beneath the heel of a gang of alien sociopaths (they look like snakes with legs) who like to torture whole populations for sport. The Lizards could not have conquered us in our heyday, but our heyday was long gone when they stumbled upon us; the 16th century level of technology they found here was relatively easy to squelch.
What was not so easy to squelch was the mystic warrior sects that had evolved in the meantime. What should have been a simple mopping up operation to pacify the wilderness becomes—
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Very enjoyable. Recommended.
"A Nice Class of Corpse", by Simon Brett. The first book in the "Mrs Pargeter" series. Mrs Pargeter moves into the Devereux Hotel in Littlehampton, on the South Coast of England - a small private hotel offering permanent rooms to the better sort of retired people. She's expecting to lead a quiet life in her retirement, but a string of murders and a jewel robbery soon involve her in unexpected events.
A very enjoyable quick read. I've enjoyed all Simon Brett's books, and this one was no exception. Highly recommended.