Update Week 12

In Petrona Award news, I received 5 books last week making it now 26/31 entry forms and 24/31 books arrived so far. Fingers crossed I can get the final publishers to submit their books.

TV-wise, I'm up to date on Star Trek: Picard Series 2 (all 3 episodes!)  and working my way through ST: Discovery. I did sneak in a Mystery 101 film (Dead Talk) at the weekend. I like this series as it's more "book-y" than most of the Hallmark series.

Last night I finished Murder on the Mauretania by Edward Marston. I'm finding this series fine but not remarkable. I think I'll carry on as I can get them as ebooks from the library. The settings are much more interesting than the crimes and our two flawless leads.

I haven't started another book yet but I'm eyeing up The Christie Affair by Nina de Gremont. This is a  library book but it's quite in demand so I need to decide soon.

Here's the blurb from Amazon:

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.
I’m no Hercule Poirot.
I’m her husband’s mistress.

Agatha Christie’s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame.

Nan O’Dea’s world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy.

After fighting her way back to England, she’s set her sights on Agatha. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. And it’s not just her husband.

Despite their differences, the two women will become the most unlikely of allies. And during the mysterious eleven days that Agatha goes missing, they will unravel a dark secret that only Nan holds the key to . . .

Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 that captivated the world.