A few years ago if it got to the 13th of the month and I was only on my second book, I'd be mildly panicking. But anybody who thinks that life in the bush is quiet and boring ... all I can say is come stay here for a few weeks and see if you can keep up the pace! We've been unbelievably busy in the last month or so - it's like living in a perpetual motion machine at the moment!
So apologies to authors whose books are stacking up around here (both those that I should have reviewed and those that I should have read). Perpetual motion is, at best, a temporary thing and I'm starting to crave a little quiet time in front of the fire. (Mind you - it's Eurovision this weekend, and Clunes Booktown, and the Talbot Farmers Market, and I'm hoping time to collect our second minature piglet ... so June, I'm sure things will settle down in June.)
From the Blurb:
January 6, 2002. The body of Yoshino, a female insurance saleswoman, is found at Mitsue Pass, an eerie inland spot in the southernmost region of Japan, rumoured to be home to ghosts. A young construction worker, Yuichi is soon arrested by the Nagasaki police on suspicion of strangling the victim.
Opening Lines:
Route 263 runs north and south some forty-eight kilometres, connecting Fukuoka and Saga Prefectures and straddling Mitsue Pass in the Sefuri mountain range.