Is Mother Nature out to get sleuth Savannah Reid and her fiance Dirk? Their wedding was first postponed by a mudslide, then a brushfire. Is the third time the charm?

In Betty Webb’s new mystery, “The Llama of Death,” zookeeper Teddy Bentley discovers a dead body inside the llama pen, but surely sweet Alejandro couldn’t have stomped the man to death. When the acting sheriff jails Teddy’s socialite mother for the murder, she investigates. Animal lovers will enjoy the behind-the-scenes action in this zoo-based who-done-it. The third in the series, which starts with “Anteater of Death.”

OPL’s Monday Movie Matinee for March will be Tyler Perry’s Alex Cross. The film is based on James Patterson’s Washington, D.C., based detective. The first book in the series is “Along Came a Spider.”

Reader Alicia recommends “At the Duke’s Pleasure” by Tracy Anne Warren.