Two weeks ago, rearranged some priorites and ordered 3 books on line. One was the cheapest book on my wish list and it showed.
First - fiction
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd. Charles Todd is a mother-son writing combination.
This the 2nd in the Bess Crawford series. - mysteries. Their other series - Inspector Rutledge is very good as well but I never really liked it. I read 2 books to make sure.
This series is much more readable but it is it is in first person. I will continue to read the series because I like Bess and the stories. It takes place during WW1 - Bess is a nurse at front or on hospital ships. I figured out the puzzle long before the end, but it was interesting to see how the players played (????). Good characterizations and nice historical detail.
Second - non-fiction
The Wall - Rome's Greatest Frontier by Alistair Moffat.
Nice historical background detai leading up to the building of the wall. I have not got there yet. Still on chapter 4(I seem to get stuck around chapter 4 of non fiction books) - Dinner on the Stone Road. Some translations of the wood shaving writings found at Vindolnda. He also includes 'inserts' of random details which are complimentary to the chapter. But I find his style of writing disconcerting or maybe because I read this book on the bus on the way to work, I seem to miss the verb in the sentence occassionally or maybe his sentence structure really is different. So far the book is very intersesting, basic knowledge of Britannia before and during Rome and acknowledgement where written and /or archaeological data is sparse or missing for now.
Third - fiction
The Archangel Project - CS Graham
The blurbs sounded very interesting, sort of Rollins style, but not as engaging. I don't really like the 'heroine' , there is the nasty vast American corporation and CEO, nasty and good elements of the CIA and FBI and a lot of real stuff mixed in. - the research by DIA into remote viewing. In the Author's NOtes at the begiining, he does reference material that can be accessed about this. So far it has a thinness about it.