"Hanging Hill" by Mo Hayder blew me away. The ending was WOW x 10. I can't wait to read some more of her books! A young girl is raped and murdered, and detective Zoe is on the case. While everyone else on the police force thinks the murderer is Lorne's boyfriend, Zoe doesn't buy it and goes digging deeper, into a world of illegal pornography, and discovers a likely suspect, David Goldrab. Zoe's long estranged sister, Sally, who is recently divorced and in deep financial straights because of it, is working for Goldrab. The twists and turns that follow are suspenseful and shocking and like I said, the ending floored me. It was perfect, brilliant.
"Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey" by Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon, was an interesting look at the real life inspiration for the TV show. Lady Almina was the rich bastard offspring of Alfred de Rothschild, who married into nobility and used her father's fortune to restore the title and Highclere Castle (as seen on the TV show, that's where the exterior shots are filmed for "Downton Abbey") to its glory days. During WWI she turned the house into a hospital until a more permanent one could be built, and nursed soldiers back to health. Lady Almina seems like a nice person who did a lot of good with what she had to offer.
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