A mind to murder by PD James (1963) an interesting unexpected ending. The victim was a Guide Captain.
(The second book in the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh series)
When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder.
With "discernment, depth, and craftsmanship," wrote the Chicago Daily News, A Mind to Murder "is a superbly satisfying mystery."
May 2010
Friday 31 December 2010
Scrooge and the widow of Pewsey by Anne Moore
Scrooge and the widow of Pewsey by Anne Moore (2002). A Sequel to A Christmas Carol.
A fascinating sequel to Charles Dickens's classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Mrs Kincaid is a handsome widow who lives in the Vale of Pewsey. She persuades Scrooge that, if he is to achieve peace of mind in his remaining years, he must use his surplus wealth to support worthwhile causes. But will Scrooge ever be able to part with the money which he has hoarded so fiercely? And if he asks the wodow to marry him, will she agree?
May 2010
A fascinating sequel to Charles Dickens's classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Mrs Kincaid is a handsome widow who lives in the Vale of Pewsey. She persuades Scrooge that, if he is to achieve peace of mind in his remaining years, he must use his surplus wealth to support worthwhile causes. But will Scrooge ever be able to part with the money which he has hoarded so fiercely? And if he asks the wodow to marry him, will she agree?
May 2010
Brownies takeover the Library
On Friday night at 7pm i headed to the library, for a Brownie Sleepover. During the Centenary Brownies have been challenged to Takeover somewhere, we asked the Library if we could sleep there and they were most enthusiastic.
We started doing a quiz, and then worked on a pack prepared for us to do the book lovers badge. Then about 9.30pm we got our beds ready, got ready for bed and settled on a bedtime story read by Alison, it was a Mr Gum book and was the longest bedtime story every, it finished just before midnight, it went on and on and on, bless her, lol.
Then they settled down to sleep........... eventually they settled about 1.30am, only after i got up and sat in the middle of them till they quietened down.
It was a most uncormfortable night, the floor was so so hard.
The come morning i had to wake them up about 6.30am, we had rice krispies and fruit had a brownie ring and presented Brownie Takeover Badges then parents collected them about 8am. Altogether it went very fast and was a successful event.
Brownies takeover the Library
It was the night in the Library
With nothing in sight
No Animals stirring
And no spiders to fight
When all of a sudden
Came a sound of a whir
And out of the shadows
A Brownie did stir
One after another
More crept in the night
To be followed by leaders
Who kept them in sight
They looked at the books
As they crept in the door
And then, all together
Went to sleep on the floor
By Bob Davies April 2010
April 2010
We started doing a quiz, and then worked on a pack prepared for us to do the book lovers badge. Then about 9.30pm we got our beds ready, got ready for bed and settled on a bedtime story read by Alison, it was a Mr Gum book and was the longest bedtime story every, it finished just before midnight, it went on and on and on, bless her, lol.
Then they settled down to sleep........... eventually they settled about 1.30am, only after i got up and sat in the middle of them till they quietened down.
It was a most uncormfortable night, the floor was so so hard.
The come morning i had to wake them up about 6.30am, we had rice krispies and fruit had a brownie ring and presented Brownie Takeover Badges then parents collected them about 8am. Altogether it went very fast and was a successful event.
Brownies takeover the Library
It was the night in the Library
With nothing in sight
No Animals stirring
And no spiders to fight
When all of a sudden
Came a sound of a whir
And out of the shadows
A Brownie did stir
One after another
More crept in the night
To be followed by leaders
Who kept them in sight
They looked at the books
As they crept in the door
And then, all together
Went to sleep on the floor
By Bob Davies April 2010
April 2010
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