Okay - Time for an update...

I finished the first John Harvey book my mother leant me. It was good. I then read Gone to Ground - also by Harvey. It was good, but it was more difficult to get "into" the two detectives in that series. I then read Ruth Rendell's The Water's Lovely. I quite liked it because Rendell has a real knack for writing flawed characters and she is not afraid to make then internally ugly and at the same time they always seem to feel quite justified in their ugliness. I am now re-reading Artemis Fowl (Eion Colfer) because it is a fun quick read and my brain is acting funny lately. I think it is the diet coke withdrawl or the stress of the show (which you should all come and see - it's wonderful!). For young readers I highly recommend the Artemis Fowl series. They are clever and well-written and they don't take themselves too seriously like that series about Wizards... you know what I mean...