Daisy Dalrymple ebook omnibus £1.09 at the Evil River

For those of you who don't mind buying Kindle format and can buy from Amazon UK, the ebook omnibus of the first four Daisy Dalrymple mysteries is in the May monthly deals for £1.09. Which means you've got until midnight on Monday to buy it at that price. I like these books a lot, and would suggest that if you like the idea of gentle mysteries with a touch of romance set in the 1920s they're worth trying out at that price.

Daisy Dalrymple Omnibus (Books 1-4)

Jay Lake 1964-2014

Jay's gone. http://www.jlake.com/2014/06/01/cancer-the-end-has-come/

I didn't really know him, as such. I just remember a big, amiable man I saw around Baycon and Worldcon, and bought a couple of books from. I liked him a lot, even so. Liked him, and admired him these last few years for his grace and courage in the face of cancer. He undertook experimental treatment in the last stages, treatment that he knew was last ditch and which ultimately did nothing for him. But his participation in the trial will help others in the future; his last kick back at the disease that killed him, an achievement that will long outlive his body.

Fuck cancer. And if Jay's got anything to do with it, it'll be with a novelty condom.