Just finished the recently published Taint of Midas by Anne Zouvroudi , which is again set in Greece, like the splendid first book Messenger of Athens . Both follow the 'cases' of the Greek detective known only as the 'fat man.' I don't think Taint of Midas quite reached the heights...

Here's a new writing blog post about how to write a poem (easily) using the 5 senses: http://mixingtracks.blogspot.com/2007/07/tricking-yourself-into-writing-poetry_10.html

The Hunting of the Snark... Word of the Week competition. Add a comment to my post - the best comment wins a poetry book. http://mixingtracks.blogspot.com/2007/07/monday-is-word-of-week-day-no-2.html

http://mixingtracks.blogspot.com/2007/07/book-review-ode-less-travelled-by.html - BOOK REVIEW of The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry, includes two short poems I wrote in response to the book.