Au is not well so we're off to the vet in a few hours for a complete physical including blood tests. Please purr for us.
Better news is that I've earned the cat biscuits for this month. If you're in Malaysia, check out the February magazines for my latest features: in Malaysia Women's Weekly I found my runaway husband on Facebook - and discovered he had a second family!, in Cleo the quiz Where To Shop For Your Ideal Man, and in Her World Have A Laugh! It's Good For You.
As I'm up to my ears in work, I'm rereading old favourites, particularly Georgette Heyer whose books are being reissued at present. Heyer (1902 - 1974) wrote murder stories set in her own time, and Regency romances. She was a genius at both.
The first I ever read was Cotillion, an ancient hardback that I found sitting in between Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte in a second hand book shop some years ago.
I'm not too fond of regency romances written today but Heyer's work is exquisite. It's light, funny, and researched down to the bone so you won't find ladies pretending to be maids or anything silly like that.
The first detective of hers I read was Envious Casca where Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard tries to solve a mysterious stabbing that takes place during a Christmas party held in a country home.
Really, if you want something well written that you can sink into, check out Heyer. Here are links to her pages in Amazon US and Amazon UK.
And don't forget to check out my book Blackmail Bride, a tale of passion and mystery set in Scotland. Price RM7.56/US$2.32. 10% goes to Friends Furry Farm, a no kill animal shelter.