Second in the Barcelona Nights series, featuring Deputy Inspector Norma Forester. An engrossing murder mystery set in Barcelona, by turns darkly humorous and poignant, with complex characters…

Second in the Barcelona Nights series, featuring Deputy Inspector Norma Forester. An engrossing murder mystery set in Barcelona, by turns darkly humorous and poignant, with complex characters…

A country that doesn’t acknowledge its past is destined to repeat its mistakes. Why murder a sick old man nearing retirement? An investigation into the death of a professor at the Univer…

We have reached the end of August. Thank fluffy ducks for that. This week has been just awful The loss of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. The devastation in Nepal. The first two are extremely sad, no question. Loss of two absolute icons on the very same day. But what has happened in Nepal ... Nature can be a cruel beast, and what we have witnessed this week is exceedingly brutal. That just makes me appreciate how lucky I am and my how my very first world problems are just minor niggles that I just need to get over and get on with.

September. Already. Wow. Least said, soonest mended as they say. I’m not really sure what is happening to time, but it sure don’t flow like it used to. Maybe I’m just getting older. Maybe I’ve just been really busy, but whatever the case, just wow. It’s been a week. A rainy one on occasion, so I’ve done nothing exciting. My car needs an expensive(ish) repair, so there is that, but aside from that, it has just been me and my books. And too many biscuits but we won’t dwell on that …

Second in the Barcelona Nights series, featuring Deputy Inspector Norma Forester. An engrossing murder mystery set in Barcelona, by turns darkly humorous and poignant, with complex characters…