The Murder at Road Hill House

I am currently reading "The suspicions of Mr Whicher or The murder at Road Hill house" by Kate Summerscale. As you may know from reading my last post, I have joined a local reading group, and this is what we are reading this month.

I cannot put it down. I'm about half way through now, and I just cannot put it down. It's a true story, a murder mystery in 1860. The only problem is... it's no longer a mystery for me, as I flicked to the back of the book to see where it ended (There are pages worth of notes and a biography). As you can probably guess, my eyes skimmed over a couple of sentences at the end, and fell upon the name of who did it. I'm rather dissapointed with myself right now. I will keep reading though, to see how it was done :-)

Rectory Library - Dagenham

I went on another adventure yesterday... To Rectory Library in Dagenham. I haven't been there for a few years, and it's still the same as I remember.

Unfortunately, the Library wont be there for much longer. There is a new Library opening some time next year at the Heathway, and Rectory will be closing down :-( This is very sad news. I love that Library! It has been around for 75 YEARS! I prefer the old fashioned buildings. It has a historic feel to it, as Libraries should. This new development just wont have the same feel to it.

Whilst I was at the Library, I asked if I could join their reading group. They meet one Thursday a month, and the next meeting is on the 20th of August. It's a morning group too, which is hard to find as they're usually all afternoon or evening reading groups.

This month they are reading "The suspicions or Mr Whicher or The murder at Road Hill House" by Kate Summerscale. It's a murder mystery set in 1860, and it's a true story! Which is always good (They're the best kind among murder mysteries)

I'm really looking forward to going along to my first reading group meeting :-) I have only read the Introduction and Prologue so far, but it seems like a good read.

TOP TIP! I also went to Asda yesterday and bought "Lord Loss" by Darren Shan. I loved the Darren Shan vampire Saga when I was a young teen, so I wanted to give this a go :-) Back to the point... Go to Asda, most of their books are only £4! You can grab a right bargain there :-)