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Monday. Service Manager out. 

Currently reading FULL DARK HOUSE by Christopher Fowler. 1st of 18 in series featuring Arthur Bryant and John May, detectives in the Peculiar Crimes Unit, in London.

A present-day bombing rips through London and claims the life of eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant. For his partner John May, it means the end of a partnership that lasted over half-a-century and an eerie echo back to the Blitz of World War II when they first met. Desperately searching for clues to the killer's identity, May finds his old friend's notes of their very first case and becomes convinced that the past has returned...with a killing vengeance. It begins when a dancer in a risque new production of Orpheus in Hell is found without her feet. Suddenly, the young detectives are plunged in a bizarre gothic mystery that will push them to their limits--and beyond. For in a city shaken by war, a faceless killer is stalking London's theaters, creating his own kind of sinister drama. And it will take Arthur Bryant's unorthodox techniques and John May's dogged police work to catch a criminal whose ability to escape detection seems almost supernatural--a murderer who even decades later seems to have claimed the life of one of them...and is ready to claim the other.

Published 2003; 496 pages. This is actually a re-read but it's been 20 years. This may be for scavenger hunt prompt "book from a long-running series." 

I finished 1ST TO DIE by James Patterson yesterday. My first pick for GarbAugust. I gave it 3 stars.

I think my next choice for GarbAugust is MAGIC'S MANTLE by Bruce Sentar. 1st in Ard's Oath trilogy.

Arden was left in the village by a dying mage, who never returned. With no way out of the village on his own, he had always held onto the hope that one day his magic would awaken and give him access to his spheres. But he’s about to turn eighteen, and it’s never come. Instead, he’s settled into his lot as a sarcastic and quick-witted innkeeper. That all changes one night when his old flame, who escaped the village to become a mage’s anchor, returns. Ard’s life is about to go through some dramatic changes, and he’s not ready for them. Too bad, with magic comes responsibility, and Ard needs to adapt quickly because he’s making more enemies than friends with his glib tongue. Thankfully, he’s got some help along the way. Because he’ll need it. As the most powerful mage in the nation, he’s about to be thrown headfirst into the elite of the kingdom, and a few jokes won’t stop a sword.

Published 2023; 456 pages. 

The weekend was pretty good. The usual stuff. 

No sprints tonight.

Have a good day

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster