It was a pleasure to see so many friendly faces at the first 2015 meeting of The Saturday Readers. And yes, I know we meet on Wednesdays...
After catching up with each other and welcoming some new members we got down to business. Armed with our usual set of requirements looked at various crime writers, desperate to find someone who writes good crime novels in about 300 words. We've upped the limit a bit from last time, I think we're gaining confidence in how much is reasonable to read over our next four sessions. Choosing wasn't too stressful this time, and based on a member's recommendation we've chosen to read The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty.
This is the link to Adrian McKinty's blog
Here is the link to the Goodreads page
Here is the link to the Amazon page
Below is the summary from Amazon:
It is 1906 and Will Prior is in self-imposed exile on a remote South Pacific island, working a small, and failing, plantation. He should never have told anyone about his previous existence as a military foot policeman in the Boer War, but a man needs friends, even if they are as stuffy and, well, German, as Hauptmann Kessler, the local government representative.
So it is that Kessler approaches Will one hot afternoon, with a request for his help with a problem on a neighbouring island, inhabited by a reclusive, cultish group of European 'cocovores', who believe that sun worship and eating only coconuts will bring them eternal life. Unfortunately, one of their number has died in suspicious circumstances, and Kessler has been tasked with uncovering the real reason for his demise. So along with a 'lady traveller', Bessie Pullen-Burry, who is foisted on them by the archipelago's eccentric owner, they travel to the island of Kabakon, to find out what is really going on.
See you on 11th February - Happy Reading!
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