Expert advice with a panel of guests, stories and have a laugh.

Synopsis Expert on body language and memory, and consultant to the Oslo Police, psychologist Kari Voss sleepwalks through her days, and, by night, continues the devastating search for her young son…

What a week. Ordinarily, in most previous years, I'd have been waxing lyrical about Harrogate and Theakston's Crime Fiction Festival but not this year. For the second year on the bounce I have been otherwise engaged. Both years have involved travel and water, although the mode of transport this year was decidedly larger ... Mandie and I pootled down to Southampton last weekend to hop onto Iona for a week long tour around the Norwegian Fjords. A slightly different itinerary to last year, but no less enjoyable, and I got to celebrate by birthday on board so there was that.

What a week. In a good way. Spent the first half of it on a much needed mini break to Copenhagen. My first time but feel I may well venture back sometime to explore a little more. We fit plenty in - walked over 52 miles and more than 133,000 steps over the four days - but lots we just didn’t have chance to see too.

It's been a quiet one this week, book wise. I wish I could say the same about the day job but that's a different story and not one I need to bore you all with. Big changes ahead but also great opportunities and chances for personal development which can never be a bad thing, even at my rapidly advancing age. It has meant that blogging has taken a bit of a back seat and reading has been slow, all down to me and a lack of energy, not the books, which have been excellent.

And here we are at the start of another week. The last full week in March. On the countdown to the clock changing again, and, better new for me, a succession of short working weeks. Training most of this week, but I'm off Friday afternoon and then not back in the office until Tuesday. Bargain. In fact, for one reason or another (plus all the Bank Holidays over April and May) I don't think I work another full week for about seven weeks.

And here we are. Officially more than half way through March, and rapidly on the way towards the end of Q1 of the year. That does not mean, Publishers, that we need any more Christmas books on Netgalley! Yes. I have already seen one on there for a September release. There is seeking early feedback/quotes and just taking the dang piddle.