A Good Read... A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh

OK  I have to share. This story is a really good read or in my case it was a really good listen . I listened to an unabridged audio of the book. I am generally wary of 'follow on' books ..or books written ' in the style of' and shy away ..but occasionally it works and this is one of those cases.

 The characters are those created by D.L.Sayers   ..Lord Peter Wimsey, his wife Harriet Vane, his nephew and his children and of course Bunter. The setting , which is very familiar to those who have read Sayers 'Busman's Honeymoon' is the Wimsey's country home Tallboys.

The mystery involves discovering who was responsible for the death of a Land Girl with a rather wild reputation. She was brutally killed by someone's  bare hands....but whose?
The field in War time was rather greater.... as who hadn't received instructions on unarmed combat and how to kill  quickly  ?. The War setting permeates the whole novel and the gossip and behaviors ring true. The unexpected expectation of taking in evacuees reminded me of my Grandfather who was farming at that time..he collected two evacuees from the railway station and chose them "because they were wearing Wellington boots"..probably as good a reason as any.





Jill Paton Walsh makes an excellent job of writing with DL Sayers Characters and in her style..I thought when listening that this was the book DL Sayers didn't finish and that Ms Paton Walsh was asked to complete and I didn't notice the join...but it turned out that I was wrong and that was another book entirely. This was all her own work and jolly good at that! A really pleasing read/listen.

Well now I'm off to search out The Late Scholar another outing with DL Sayers characters via Ms Paton Walsh's imagination . ...and I'm looking forward to it!

But first real life intrudes and I better get the girls their tea :0)

Happy Easter Everyone

Lost Post

Some days it seems  that you have an idea...or  a view of the World  that may be worth sharing, an insight and then you turn round and it is gone...how did that happen...who knows..

I started a post... a little incoherent possibly... but perhaps with a kernal of a idea hidden in there ... then poof I lose the post ..I saved it and returned to edit it and it had gone..perhaps it was never there? nope......I think I prefer lack of skill to delusion..I probably clicked or didn't click a button and life has moved on.

I lost an excuse for being stupid last week ...no more Aromatase inhibitors (pills) after a mix of Tamoxifan then Exemestane for 6 years I (Whoo hoo!!!!) completed my course ..just as well as my hair was falling out and I was wondering if it would survive the experience. So a bit battered and IQ deficient I trundle on.

The Sun is back here and it makes such a difference....there is still a thick layer of snow in the garden but the roof is clearing and the roads are mainly clear..and the gym is accessable and it seemed a good time to start a'get fit for the Summer' programme. Then I find a visit to the dentist for my sadly neglected teeth is necessary..darn it I need a tooth out. Still an appointment is made (joy to come) and then I step out of the back door ..well I mean to step out...... as it is I dive like fonteyn ..

Ok I dive like Goofy

 and end up sitting in a puddle  clutching my foot ...ow,ow,ow,ow ow..actually it could've been worse at least the door hadn't latched behind me so when I walloped it with my head and shoulders it did give way.

So now I type with my ankle in an air cast boot waiting for the bone to mend...apparently I have impressive bruises on the back of my head and the  top of my back as my husband comfortingly looked at my back and pronounced "good job that wasn't higher that's the sort that would kill you" understated lot Americans...actually I didn't even have a headache just have some tender spots and a bit of a sore foot (but not all the time so it could be worse)  

So now I sit and type with my foot up on a stool ....occasionally joined by the Collie ...who is far too big to be a lap dog except when pursued by a tiny tabby who scares the flip out of him.

What next...I have much serious literature to read ...just kidding I'm drinking tea and reading Jilly Cooper's Rivals and enjoying it and later I think it'll be a toss up between Margaret Rutherford playing Miss Marple (bearing no relation to Agatha Christie but great fun) or Rake  an Aussie series that I find very entertaining..well it makes me laugh out loud...and then decisions decisions Asprin and Tea OR Rum and hot milk????   I think Rum is winning....

So how was your week?