good books

The Mirror and the Light, 2020, by Hilary Mantel. Oh my, poor Cromwell! Very long book but it's all conversations and really interesting. Certainly brings those people to life.

Six Months in Sudan, 2009, James Maskalyk. His first book, really good. Interesting writer, dealing with tough stuff.

Down Among the Dead, 2020, Damien Boyd. Good mystery, like the way he always remembers the dog - never left in a hot car, always walked and fed and left with the TV on.

The Driftwood Girls 2020, Mark Douglas-Home
ok mystery, don't remember much about it.

Gone By Midnight, Candice Fox, 2019. Book 3 in her series, starting out at the vets office - like the way she writes about animal care. Like the characters.


Middle England by Jonathan Coe, 2019. Really good novel. Brexit finally made a bit of sense to me, what the issues are, or some of them. Believable characters, well told story.

Soap and Water and Common Sense, Bonnie Henry, 2020 edition, originally writter ten years ago. Very interesting book about the bugs of the world, and how they mostly rule.