Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand

I've taken a couple of weeks to read Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas as I've been very busy preparing for our holiday and coping with a family illness. I enjoyed the book. The serial killer was very sophisticated and there were lots of "twists and turns" as Commissaire Adamsberg struggled to make others understand how the same killer could be operating after 60 years. Adamsberg's brother was accused of one of the murders and in finding the murderer, he will clear his name. The reader goes on a journey to Quebec and back to France as we learn more about the murderer. There are some wonderful characters. 4/5

May Book Club

We had a lovely time at Di's place. She had been busy baking some delicious treats for us and brought out her very beautiful teasets collection, which we always look forward to seeing. We've all had a busy month with work or holidays. Liz, Leonie and Ulla weren't able to come. Marilyn and Bev went to Sandy's daughter's wedding in the Cook Islands. Sandy's photos showed that it was a really beautiful wedding in a romantic tropical island setting where all had a great time. Bev also holidayed in New Zealand on the way to the wedding. Marilyn is off to Brazil soon but will then be travelling back and forth while her husband works there. Marilyn was proud to see her daughter graduate as a policewoman recently. Jenny has had dramas with her bathroom renovations which have dragged on for a month and still not completed. I'm off overseas later this month so will sadly miss a couple of book clubs. Di got some great books including one from her favourite genre Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas, which I'm reading now.

Exit Music

I've finished Exit Music by Ian Rankin the last in the Rebus series?? I hope not. Rebus is days away from his retirement and hopes to crack the murder of a Russian poet before then. He continues to be a thorn in the side of management right till the end as he struggles to find a motive and a murderer. When other attacks point to a connection to the Russian and Scottish MPs, as well as Rebus' nemesis Big Ger Cafferty, things get really interesting. Siobhan Clarke brings in a young rookie, Todd Goodyear, to help out and he is also tenuously connected to some of the characters involved in the murders/attacks. Rebus must solve the case while contemplating his future post-retirement. 4/5.