And a lovely Thursday it is.
Currently reading A POISONOUS PLOT by Susanna Gregory. 21st of 23 in series featuring Matthew Bartholomew, physician, and his colleague Brother Michael, in 14th century Cambridge, England.
In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michaelhouse is facing a serious shortfall of funds and competition from upstarts rivals such as Zachary Hostel. Their problems are made no easier by the hostility of the town's inhabitants who favour the university moving away to the Fens. This simmering tension threatens to break into violence when a well-known tradesman is found dead in one of the colleges. Matthew Bartholomew knows he was poisoned but cannot identify the actual substance, never mind the killer. He also worries that other illnesses and deaths may have been caused by the effluent from his sister's dye works.Torn between loyalties to his kin and to his college, he fears the truth may destroy both his personal and professional life, but he knows he must use his skills as a physician to discover the truth before many more lose their lives entirely.
And because the writing of the first pages I read in the sample were so lyrical, I think I may be pulled into reading IN THE WOODS by Tana French. 1st of 6 in series featuring Police detectives on the murder squad in Dublin, Ireland.
As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
No new series yet on TV. Arrow will be on Thursdays now in a couple weeks.
I don't know if Steve will be home for dinner tonight or not.
Last night he postponed our Anniversary dinner that was going to be tonight until tomorrow. I think because he has to work late or meet with a disgruntled customer or something. I'm making Papa Murphy's pizza so there's no pressure or time frame. It's also the dinner we had the day we got married so it is fitting. I did find some roses in my office this morning.
Have a great day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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