The title is "Ring For Tomb Service". I rather enjoyed the book but the title is a bit of a put off. One other area I had problems with was one of the kitchen helps constant use of profanity in the form of bloody, bleeding, flipping and such like. It just had a wrong or forced feel about it and in my opinion the book world have been better without it.

The book takes place at the Pennyfoot Hotel in England around the turn of the century or slightly there after. The Detective is Cecily Sinclair, the owner of the Pennyfoot. While the St. Bartholemew's Week celebration is going on there is a murder and the theft and substitution of a valuable goblet that is on display at the local church. The murdered man was the bell ringer at the church. When things don't quite mesh for Cecily, she starts investigating and trying to deal with the reappearance of her ex-manager who she loves.

Of course there are also a few other little problems she has to cope with, like overworked domestic help who are in turn trying to cope with a 50 something strong woman's bicycle club staying at the hotel and the Bishop that brought the goblet to town for the celebration who also has a room there. Then there is the new doorman that has a bit of a cockney rhyming problem and the new manager that seems to stay in his office working on the accounts.

Over all a pleasant read. I will certainly be visiting the Pennyfoot Hotel again. Tis a fun book and though one in a series it stands well on it's own.

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Listening to Inside Mac Radio at http://www.osxfaq.com/radio/ and one of the spots was about envision http://www.opendoor.com/envision/EnvisionDetails.html. they claim it's a new way to experience the web. will see about downloading it and see what the buzz is. not sure what it has above the standard browser but…

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