Uno cosi cosi, One Great

Read two mysteries recently. One was The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri, recommended by our Italian tutor. This was set in Sicily and was a light, enjoyable crime story, introducing Inspector Montalbano, versus the criminal results of a mixture of passion and ambition. Short, quick and fun, but not particularly special. The other was another of Upfield's Bony mysteries, Death of a Swagman. These are invariably delightful and absorbing. To be perfectly honest, I could level a couple small complaints; for example, sometimes they wrap up a little too quickly to be convincing or fully satisfying. But for fascinating sketches of Australian outback and warm, interesting and, in this case, highly comic, human interactions, they're unbeatable. I will be very sad when I've read the last of them!