I love the new mystery series by Alan Bradley, starring the wonderful eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce and her laboratory of glorious poisons (somehow she reminds me of the indefatigable Pippi Longstocking).
I'm also enjoying Bruno Chief of Police, set in the Périgord region of France and full of grilling steaks marinated in red wine, garlic, and mustard, and of herb-scented omelettes enjoyed after a game of tennis.
Escapism for sure—and isn't that what summer reading's all about?
image: Odilon Redon, Elsass oder Lesender Mönch
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