I only decided to keep a record part way through the month, so this list isn’t as long as it might be. These three books are all ones I recommend reading – if your tastes are anything like mine that is!

Ann Cleeves – A Lesson in Dying

Richard Osman – The Bullet that Missed

Claire Douglas – The Woman Who Lied

I’ve left reviews for them all on Amazon and Goodreads.

Here’s Gary photographing the view on one of our trips (er yes, he is stood just behind the sign warning of dangerous cliffs. He’s like that) View used in this context means what is seen from a particular point. Of course what we can see might be a row of overflowing bins, but usually it’s taken to refer to a picturesque, natural scene.

It can also mean the extent of visibility (his mistake was made in full view of his mother-in-law) a visual or mental survey (she viewed the results), an opinion or mental attitude (his mother-in-law held strong views about his intelligence) or with the aim of attaining something (she had a view to a divorce) or to bear something in mind (in view of what she’d seen him do).

A viewing is an opportunity for a visual inspection, such as when house hunting. Once you’ve viewed it you might want to take a long term view of it’s suitability.

In view of the length of this post, I’ll stop now and fill the kettle with a view to making a nice pot of tea.

I’ve had a couple of reviews for my free mini mystery ebook already, including the 5 star one below, and a nice 4 star one on Goodreads. It got a 5 star ranking there as well. If you’ve not yet a copy, you can download it from Amazon and Apple here or here for other retailers.

The cover created from an image I obtained after standing on a windy hill and went without tea for hours (well, more than one if you include walking to and from the location) to get, now has an ebook to go with it.

It’s only little and it’s free! You can download from Apple or Amazon here or get it from a variety of other platforms here.

Here’s the blurb –

Amelia Watson loves to solve mysteries and hates it when she’s unable to dig up the answers. That latter’s been the case recently, so it might be better if she didn’t try at all. That way she’d avoid the embarrassment of calling out the police when no crime had been committed.

But a man carried… OK, probably not the dead body it looked like, but definitely something, into the woods. His excuse for being there was a lie. It can’t really hurt to take her dog Bongo for another walk there and take a look – can it?

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry which traditionally have seventeen syllables and a seasonal reference. (The picture is of a Japanese anemone which flowers in my garden every autumn)

Don’t know about you

but I simply cannot do