of course, he doesn't want to leave lochdubh, which is a lovely place, although terrible things keep's terrified. inspector blair, who keeps interfering with him and his activities, is always a threat on the horizon but all he wants to do is stay with his own folk in the village and that's a very reassuring thing to readers, isn't it? yes, it is. it observes the unity, keeping it all in a small place, and justice seen to be done. i admit it's rather old—fashioned because it can't be high—tech. the forensic lab's usually off playing shinty or drunk. but it's reassuring to know that it will all come all right in the end. i like stories with happy endings. you do, clearly. and there is also a great calm in the way that you write. there's no sense of hurry or frenzy, even when awful things are happening. there will be a moment of violence, we're not going to give away the plot because that would be a terrible thing to do, but there is a placid quality to the whole thing. that's really what you're aiming to do, isn't it? it is. comfort reading. when i had a hip operation in paris, i sent

of course, he doesn't want to leave lochdubh, which is a lovely place, although terrible things keepactivities, is always a threat on the horizon but all he wants to do is stay with his own folk in the village and that's a very reassuring thing to readers, isn't it? yes, it is. it observes the unity, keeping it all in a small place, and justice seen to be done. i admit it's rather old—fashioned because it can't be high—tech. the forensic lab's usually off playing shinty or drunk. but it's reassuring to know that it will all come all right in the end. i like stories with happy endings. you do, clearly. and there is also a great calm in the way that you write. there's no sense of hurry or frenzy, even when awful things are happening. there will be a moment of violence, we're not going to give away the plot because that would be a terrible thing to do, but there is a placid quality to the whole thing. that's really what you're aiming to do, isn't it? it is. comfort reading. when i had a hip operation in paris, i sent my sister up to whsmith on the rue de rivoli to buy as many agatha chr