What Fiction are you reading this week, Mar 7, 2021?

[The King of Prussia]

6. "The Darkest Place" by Jo Spain

A cold-case mystery set in a former asylum on an island just off the Irish coast. It's the fourth in her "Tom Reynolds" series - I think she is as good as anyone writing thrillers at the moment.

Earlier in the week I read "Beneath the Surface" also by Jo Spain, and the latest two mysteries in Kate Ellis's "Wesley Peterson" mysteries, and "Watching from the Dark" by Gytha Lodge. There are so many great writers in this genre at the moment that I really thing we are in a new "Golden Age" of detective fiction.

Having said that I fancy a change from murder and mayhem so next up I'll go for something set locally, possibly James Herriot or even a Bronte.

I get my first covid vaccination on 19th March, and my second on 6th June. The Johnson "government" is planning for a return to normal on 21st June, so everything ties in quite nicely - with the caveat that there is plenty of time for Johnson & his chums to screw up again.

That will be more than 15 months spent basically in lockdown. Wouldn't have got through it without books, music & cats.