When we went to Wales at Easter we stayed in a very small town near Snowdonia called Gwytherin. You reach it over winding narrow roads and when you get there the sense of isolation is reinforced by the lack of television and mobile phone signal (unusual in the UK in my experience). ( Photo of valley )

I took a brief detour from the mysteries of the 1930s and 40s that have been taking over my reading list to experiment with another more modern mystery series*. These are Elizabeth Peters’ Vicky Bliss books, which star a six foot blonde art historian. Leila at Bookshelves of Doom has been re-reading them, which sparked a memory that I had meaning ( Read more... )