Crombie/Gold Derby

I finished the John Harvey, ROUGH TREATMENT. It was okay; it was lessened somewhat by knowing who the bad guys were right off the bat.

Currently reading DREAMING OF THE BONES by Deborah Crombie. This is 5th of 12 in series featuring Duncan Kincaid, a Scotland Yard superintendent, and Gemma James, a sergeant, in London. This book was published in 1997 and was a Finalist 1997 Agatha Award for Best Novel and a Finalist 1998 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel. Here is a description:

It is the call Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid never expected—and one he certainly doesn't want. Victoria, his ex-wife, who walked out without an explanation more than a decade ago, asks him to look into the suicide of local poet, Lydia Brooke—a case that's been officially closed for five years. The troubled young writer's death, Victoria claims, might well have been murder. No one is more surprised than Kincaid himself when he agrees to investigate—not even his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James. But it's a second death that raises the stakes and plunges Kincaid and James into a labyrinth of dark lies and lethal secrets that stretches all the way back through the twentieth century—a death that most assuredly is murder, one that has altered Duncan Kincaid's world forever.

This is an entertaining series and has quickly absorbed my attention.

Today's Blog/Website of the day is again featuring the Academy Awards. The Gold Derby is hosted by Tom O'Neil who is a familiar face about anything Oscar. This site can be found at http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/.

Got groceries today but the store didn't have everything I needed so I'll hit another store tomorrow for the rest. Couple other errands to run tomorrow anyway.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster