I read the 1st 2 from this series, the Ely reporter/sleuth Philip Dryden, but Kelly then seemed to drop off my radar. Now, after hearing him speak at the Felixstowe book festival I am inspired to start again, and seek out other 'East Anglia noir'

(21/03/14) A very interesting, if not astounding, weaving of a complicated family history, love and revenge, against a misty Fenland backdrop. However, it looks like something is beginning to shift in Dryden's private life, a health scare for Humph, a move (temporary?) to Lucca with his Locked-in wife...not sure how much more Kelly can squeeze out of this series and Ely?

This is going to the Ipswich bookcrossing social to share :)

Sorry for being on the drag with registering this book - careful and gentle book pushing from its previous reader convinced me to give this author another go.

I'm conflicted about this book - I enjoyed the sotry, and the local colour of the fens. I'm also fond of some of the characters, though for me, the mix between caricature and straightness sometimes doesn;t work.

What bothers me most is the incosistency of the writing - sometimes rather wooden, sometimes hugely overwritten and sometimes really rather good. Changes from one to the other were sudden and seemed unintentional, which tended to jolt me out of the narrative.

This book is to be left on the mantelpiece in the ground floor waiting room at All Saints House.

If you are the finder, you can make a journal entry here - you can remain anonymous if you want! I hope you enjoy the book and that you'll get a chance to leave it somewhere else for someone else to find in due course. There is an old (but still very informative) article on bookcrossing to be found here:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/31/fiction.features1

If you like the idea of bookcrossing, more free books can be found in Colchester and Ipswich “bookcrossing zones:"

Colchester:
Slack Space, Eld Lane
Love Coffee Aroma, High Street
Purple Dog, Eld Lane
Foresters Arms, Castle Road
Hospital Arms, Crouch Street
15 Queen Street
Fox Pub, Layer de la Haye
Jardines Bistro, Wivenhoe

Ipswich:
Caffe Nero, the Buttermarket, (upstairs on the mantlepiece)
The Greyhound pub on Ivry Road (shelf opposite the bar)
Coffee Link, Neptune Marina (upstairs, book case on far wall)

Please do stop for a coffee or drink while you're there.