Here's a wonderful recommendation from Tall Reader: The Long Walk Home, by Will North. When his wife dies (well, ex-wife, but you'll learn all about that) Alec starts out to fulfill one of her final wishes which is to have her ashes scattered on a mountain top in Wales where they once hiked. And so begins a moving, touching story.

Thanks to Canadian Reader I have several more of the Isle of Man Cozy Mysteries, by Diana Xarissa to read! The second in the series is Aunt Bessie Believes (yes, they are coming in alphabetical order). When a totally disagreeable women dies, it looks as if it is due to her heart condition, but (of course) it isn't! The plot thickens when her long lost brother shows up. Or is he? Just a great series in true cozy tradition!

Canadian Reader also got me started on the Inspector Bruno books by Martin Walker. While this one, Black Diamond (it's a truffle!), had a bit too much about various gangs in the French countryside, I mostly enjoyed it. (And other readers might enjoy such action). There is a rugby game between the 'oldsters' (coming up on 40) and the young men that was wonderful! I'm enjoying the character development, too.

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