For a nice bit of escapism,I like Quintin Jardine’s series of books about DCI Frank Skinner of the Edinburgh CID.Theyre well-written,with good characterisation and enough twists in the plot to keep you guessing until the last page.The best book I’ve ever read is Harry Thompson’s This thing of darkness. Thompson was a TV producer who died at the tragically young age of 45,and the book tells the life story of Robert Fitzroy,captain of the Beagle when Charles Darwin made his important voyage that led to his theory of evolution,and the founder of modern weather forecasting.The subject matter doesn’t sound much,but it’s a stunningly well-written story of a complex man’s life,and I can’t recommend it highly enough .
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