Sedley/Australian Crime

Finally finished the Reginald Hill. It was a good entry in the series, I've just been in a slump the past few days which has slowed down my reading.

Currently reading THE WEAVER'S TALE by Kate Sedley. This is 3rd of 18 in series featuring Roger the Chapman, a 15th century chapman (peddler) in England. Here is a description:

During the bitterly icy January of 1474, in the English river port of Bristol, Roger the Chapman falls desperately ill with the ague. Roger is taken in and nursed by weaver's widow Margaret Walker and her fiesty daughter Lillis. While recuperating, he learns that a handsome young rakehell had been hanged for murdering Margaret's father, although several months later the alleged victim had wandered home, injured, ill and slightly amnesiac, and subsequently died. Many townspeople, doubting the older man's probity and suspecting his family of criminal activity, are harassing Margaret and Lillis. Roger, who has forsaken monastery life for the carefree existence of an intinerant peddler, believes God has placed him in Bristol to untangle the affair. The paths of his investigation lead him to Irish slavers who raid the English coast; the Lollards, whose "heretical" religious reform movement foreshadows Henry VIII's break with Rome; Welsh tin miners living in the dense forest; and wealthy Bristol burghers.

It was published in 1993 and has 248 pages.

Today's Blog/Website of the Day is Australian Crime Fiction found at http://www.austcrimefiction.org/. This tremendous site has reviews, features, and discussions for all things Down Under and New Zealand. Go on, be an armchair traveling detective!

Yesterday we looked at new refrigerators. I think we've got it narrowed down to the one we like but we're doing some mulling over and comparison shopping for the best deal on it. I need to do some shopping for new bedding; ours are seeing their last days. I haven't been to the new Kohls so I may use that as an excuse to stop by.

Tonight my cup runneth over on tv. The season three premiere of The Tudors starts tonight but because of conflicts, I watched it on the Internet. My quibble remains that by now in Henry III's history, he needs to be getting heavier. Ah well. Also on tonight, part two of Little Dorrit on Masterpiece Theater.

Otherwise, I need to do some vacuuming and laundry today. This is a weekend where Steve doesn't have any commitments (due to a cancellaton yesterday) so we're going to have a relaxing day today.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster