Welcome to Litsy!

A former prostitute and drug addict, who seemed to have been turning her life around, is found dead in a squat with the body of her 6 year old daughter. Next to her body is a credit card belonging to a multi-millionaire who had died in a plane crash 6 months earlier.

#coffeeandabook

Interview, October 2006
Beyond the window, I can see three kites hanging in the air over Bute Park.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#TalkingToTheDead #HarryBingham #BookSpinBingo

First off Fiona Griffiths finds a young woman undone by drugs and prostitution, her six-year-old daughter dead alongside her. Then she finds the platinum credit card of a very wealthy--and long dead--steel tycoon. What is a heroin-addicted hooker doing with the credit card of a well-known and powerful man who died months ago?

Day 5 #20series20days @Andrew65

According to LibraryThing I have 2 books to catch up on!

Neither of these two short stories are in the database so I‘m tagging them under the first book. I received both of these when I signed up for the author‘s new letter, I think.

The Night Beat is about Fiona Griffiths‘ first night on patrol. There isn‘t a lot of development so it‘s best read after book one, IMO. I enjoyed it.

Lev in Glasgow should be read after book two. It‘s his POV on something he does for Fiona in the second book.

@Tove_Reads it was very tricky (I almost chose Sherlock) but Fiona Griffiths has to be my fave detective as she's persistent and unusual in the way she solves crimes.

Image is Sophie Rundle as Fiona in Sky Living's adaptation of the first novel. Unfortunately I don't think it was re-commissioned 😔

@TrishB @DeborahSmall @ScorpioBookDreams & the rest of the #whodunituk crew! 😂

Holiday weekend Mondays don‘t suck.

🎉🎉🎉🎉

I realized the other day just how many series I own at least the first book in and am trying to start chipping away. Read Book 1 of Ann Cleeves‘ Shetland series yesterday, now on to this.

#StartaSeries

This was my choice for a book about a woman with mental illness for #ReadingWomenChallenge. The main character is a police officer in Wales with Cotard‘s delusion. The mystery/procedural itself was a bit too secondary and the cop got away with a little too much rule breaking, but I will read more from the series.

I‘m not going to make it :( this is the last book I need to finish #booked2018 but I‘m only a third of the way through and there‘s just no way :( but I did finish four challenges and half of another, and only one book missing on this one, so still a pretty good year. I‘m still going to finish this book, it just won‘t be in time.

I didn‘t need to fall into another series, but I have. While I don‘t think the plot was special, the MC, D.C. Fiona Griffiths definitely is. She had a breakdown as a teenager suffering from Cotard‘s Syndrome and is still affected by it. Fi is a little odd and struggles to respond to social cues. She is also cheeky and funny. I think I was totally charmed by her and will continue with the series. #Booked2018 #MCwithinvisibleillness

I was in a bit of a reading slump most of last week, but I seemed to have kicked it. Now I‘m trying to knock out my last two reads for #booked2018 and for the year. I think I will make it!

I liked this - a good story, complex characters, and a syndrome that I‘d never heard of before but seems awful. I‘m definitely reading the next book in this series. Thanks to the #booked2018 Goodreads group for the suggestion. And with this, I also finished my Goodreads challenge! #invisibleillness #goodreads

My last library #bookhaul for #FreakyFriday! I think I‘m going to start with the tagged book this weekend! I‘ve got a 2 hour car ride today, so hopefully I can get some reading in! 😊

#tiredoftalking #aprella
Alternative conversation?

Okay, put together the list for #FreakyFriday

There are a lot of classics on here that I‘ve never read! I have trouble reading Shakespeare, but I‘ll try them! Lol

I‘m excited to read a bunch of these mysteries I‘ve never heard of!!

I will be posting this to you tomorrow (fingers crossed 🤞) @DeborahSmall 😄 I hope you like the extra goodies for our last month of #Whodunnituk 💖

I forget which Litten recently posted about this book, but whoever it was, Thank you!! I‘m already engrossed in it. And it was only $0.99 on Amazon Kindle!

Plan for the next couple of hours.
Loving this #whodunituk book so far! A great police procedural that I can't believe I've never heard of.
Thanks for a fab pick @jenniferw88

I‘m late in sending out my #whodunituk parcel out to @jhod . I‘m really sorry. I was sick for awhile before Christmas and I feel like I‘m just catching up.

I posted the parcel yesterday. I forgot to take a photo of it, so here is a photo from my walk yesterday afternoon.

#NorthernIreland

After a few duds I finally have a Pick!

This was a slow burning mystery for me. I enjoyed it as I went along but after I finished it it became increasingly terrific the more I considered it.

I would certainly read more of this series.

Thanks to @jenniferw88 for selecting this book for #whodunituk . It will be on its way to you soon, @jhod !

@ScorpioBookDreams

Hey, @Moray_Reads ! Check out the mug I got 15 years ago in Edinburgh. 😃

So kind as always, @ScorpioBookDreams .

December‘s selection for #whodunituk !

I finally picked this up, @ScorpioBookDreams . Thanks so much!

I‘m sorry it‘s taken so long for me to get back to you. I‘ve been a bit out of it. 😕

#whodunituk

I absolutely loved this book and will definitely be reading the rest of the series. Such a great choice from @jenniferw88 💕#whodunituk

1️⃣ This £110 coat from White Stuff!
2️⃣ Both
3️⃣ The Fiona Griffiths series by Harry Bingham
4️⃣ Amongst other things, I remember wanting to be a conservationist.
5️⃣ I don't think I have one!

#HumpDayPost @MinDea

Next months #whodunituk arrived today from @Caroline2 alongside these gorgeous goodies. Thank you so much. BTW I love the pencil!

Fantastic read! A complex protagonist who doesn't find it easy to get to the answer

Not what i was expecting

Oh this sounds good! 👍🏻 #whodunituk
@TrishB and thanks for yummy goodies Trish! 😋 🍫 ❤️ you know me well! 😆

Great read 👍 this was my second #whodunnituk read and I loved it. Great detective drama and an interesting (if slightly worrying sometimes!) MC.
I have already brought the book again for my shelves and the next one in the series. A new series 😀😀 another one....
@jenniferw88 thanks for new author!
@ScorpioBookDreams

#mostanticipated #septembermostanticipated
#tbr
#awesomeautumnbooks #fallintobooks #autumnreads
@Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck @RealLifeReading
@Jess7
Sleeping Beauties I'm desperately waiting for this month! Talking to the Dead is my current only definite tbr for #whodunnituk. I never plan any further really!

Posted the second #whodunnituk book on to @TrishB on Wednesday and it arrived safely. Can't wait to find out what book is next for me. This one was pretty good and I love discovering a new (to me) series 😃 thanks @jenniferw88

#whodunnituk @ScorpioBookDreams
@thegirlwiththebookishcandle
Next bookmail today - next one in whodunnit cycle 😀

Fiona had Cotard's syndrome. Otherwise it's your standard drug/prostitution corrupt officials murder plot set in Wales.

I would add a photo for #FirstInSeries but I sent the book to @thegirlwiththebookishcandle as my contribution to #whodunituk!
I love this series and it's part of the reason I chose it for the book group - I'd love it if by sending it I made more people fans of the author!
The other reason is because the protagonist is the same age as me.

#tbrboost
1. Bookriot/Facebook
2. Mainly Goodreads but Litsy has my to get TBR
3. Anything I can get my hands on!
4. No
5. Yes, if you consider #whodunituk. It will be Every Dead Thing
6. Can't remember
7. Blue Skies and Black Olives
8. A Weekend with Mr Darcy
9. The Fiona Griffiths series (first book is the tagged one)
10. Where Do I Start? Because it takes a while to explain all of my medical conditions!

Currently Reading for #whodunituk and received from @jenniferw88 - thanks! 😃

#itsallamystery #sizzlinsummerreads #whodunituk @tiffyreads @ScorpioBookDreams @thegirlwiththebookishcandle it will be on its way shortly!

Paperback or ebook, and it tends not to matter. When it comes to series, it depends on the length of the books - for example, Harry Potter and Harry Bingham's novels are generally paperbacks (but Harry Potter is also on my Kindle), but Game of Thrones is just on Kindle as I have no shelf space left! #bookishquestionoftheweek @BookishGirl06

You can rely on Harry Bingham for book titles featuring dead or #death @RealLifeReading #Junebookhugs

Count me in as a fan of Fiona Griffiths. I immediately requested the second book in the series. 😄

😂 This reminds me of university and our Boring People Betting Pool: three of our classmates were CONSTANTLY asking questions, so one day we placed bets on which one would ask the most.

5 ⭐
Love, love, love Harry Bingham's crime novels set in Wales.
It's one of the few series I'm collecting in paperback - the rest are on Kindle. @rabbitprincess if you enjoy Talking to the Dead, reading order is left to right (but you probably know this already!)