Just a short distance, less than a fifteen minute drive, but my sister had snow on Tuesday evening, and fortunately, I didn’t have it here. That’s a four-letter word, in my opinion, and October 31 is way too soon for it here. Nope. I just don’t want it.

I am heading an hour north today to meet my Mom and youngest sister for lunch. When I was home to visit Mom last week, I left my winter coats in her closet. I never even thought to bring them back because it was sunny and 70 degrees the day I came back here. Now, that four-letter word! Bah, humbug.

At least my book is good. Thanks to Aubrey Hamilton’s suggestion, I”m reading the first Inspector Devlin mystery, Borderlands. Benedict Devlin is a police inspector in Ireland. It’s Christmas week, but that doesn’t stop murder. A teenager’s body is found on the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. Unfortunately, Devlin knows the family, so it’s in his jurisdiction. When a second teenager is killed, Devlin finds a link between the current investigation, and the disappearance of a prostitute twenty-five years earlier. This book isn’t as dark as Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy books, but it’s bleak enough.

What about you? Surprises in the weather this week? What about pleasant surprises in the books you read? What Are You Reading?