Hello Robert White from Canada.....
 
Thanks for the answer....yes, I am new here...I saw the word Mystery and had 
to stop and see what it was all about!
 
I don't think I have read any Robert Barnard mysteries...but noted the name 
down for my library trip tomorrow.  I do love black humor!  I have just 
finished all the books our library system has for Burley and am suffering 
withdrawal symptoms. I love the Cadfael mysterys on PBS but the actual novels 
don't do it for me.  I don't know why.
 
Burley writes almost contemporay novels.  I always get the feeling that I am 
back in the late 40's or maybe 50's when I read his books.  Perhaps because 
the little towns he writes about are still back in the 40/50s themselves.  Or 
maybe he is just an "old guy" writing about what he knows best.  He writes a 
lot of description of the sea, the weather, the countyside, old houses, old 
bookstores...etc.
 
Some one on this BBS mentioned "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" which sounds like 
Sherlock Holmes....Conan Doyle introduced me to the detective story and they 
have turned out to be a great passion for me.  I have a son who lives with me 
and he will come in and look at me all curled up in my favorite chair with 
the cat in my lap and he will laugh and say...."Here is a sweet little old 
lady sitting in a rocking chair with her cat in her lap...completely 
engrossed in a horrible, bloody mystery story!"  Well, there is just no 
accounting, is there!
 
Nice to hear from you...Regards...Polly
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