Just reading about Thomas Hartley Montgomery, the only Irish police office to receive the death penalty for murder (he was hanged in 1873) and it's like a 19thC Omagh-based version of #Bloodlands cotyroneireland.com/traumatic/newt… He killed William Glass, a clerk at the Northern Bank in Newtownstewart, and then made off with £1,600. To cover his tracks, Montgomery took over the investigation into the murder.

Made it to 52 books in 52 weeks! I was trying to pick a stand out favourite but have realised that this year has been about reading for the mood I'm in...

So here are some of my favourites: I loved Girl, Woman, Other by @BernardineEvari - and because so many of my friends read it as well, it meant that those first months of the pandemic were filled will delighted Zoom discussions about books with wonderful women.