Books and Kitchen Chit Chat

 

 What I just finished reading........

 

The man's body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up.

DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home's residents, fourteen year old Chloe Spence. Vera can't bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can't dismiss the possibility.

Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie Bell, are soon embroiled in the case, and when a second connected body is found near the Three Dark Wives monument in the wilds of the Northumberland countryside, superstition and folklore begin to collide with fact. Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, and the dark secrets in their community that may be far more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible.

I enjoyed this book but was disappointed in the ending. Somehow it didn't seem right. Almost as if the author was tired of writing and wanted a quick finish.  The previous "Vera" book I read was The Rising Tide and I think I liked that one more. 

In the kitchen....

I tried a recipe for Baked Apple Fritters similar to the picture and they were very good BUT they were nothing like a fritter at all. A good apple cookie with a very tasty glaze ( that was briefly broiled at the end) but not a fritter! Oh well, at least they were delicious.

I roasted some cherry tomatoes that needed using up. We'll have them on our pizza for supper.

When I'm busy in the kitchen I think of my Mom and how she spent the first 10 years  of married life with no electricity, no running water and the only cupboard she had was one similar to the one below.
When I was 6 we moved and although we still didn't have running water we did have hydro.

I remember she had a canister set like this one. I have since found some tins at the thrift store and now keep things like chocolate chips and coconut in them.

She did not have anything like this strange appliance.

Jeanna & Cathy..... No secret admirer. One of my sons arranged for the flowers to be delivered💗

That's it for today.

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