Finally finished what's probably the best crime novel that I've read in at least a year. Actually, read is a lie - I downloaded the audiobook for cruising around in the car but got so hooked, the book found its way onto the phone, some USB sticks stuck into the radio... all kinds of places. If you're big on crime - and especially Victorian crime - The Yard (Alex Grecian) is a total no-brainer. I saw that it just came out in paperback, so you can pick it up pretty cheap if you shop around but the audiobook is really well read which makes a change - some of the books available at audible are so amateur it makes me want to sit down and podcast it myself. That's one down in the sweeping of the table to make room to get on. Next? I think I'll finish off Hawthorn & Child this weekend and see how the mood takes me. I did go into the bookshop today but only out of habit and because I totally forgot that I said I wouldn't. I got all the way to the back of the store too before I remembered then kept my eyes front, said hi to the guys that work there and left.

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This is a good way to wrap up the week: