Kate Atkinson

Recently I discovered, through JA, the books of Kate Atkinson. I was looking for a book of the Watsons and bought one with an introduction written by Kate Atkinson. Maybe she's quite famous in the UK, but for me in our small quaint Dutchieland, had never heard of her before.

I am now hooked on the Jackson Brodie books. They are funny, yet excellent mystery novels without being gruesome. And JA, or JA's heroines are named several times!
And to the most brilliant thing so far was the fact that she mentioned a "pudding stomach" in 'When will there be good news?'! In my family we always eat dessert, even though you've eaten enough at dinner. We are quite famous for it actually . We call it our 'toetjesvakje' (dessert compartment), I have already been thinking to donate my body to science upon my death, so they can study this newly evolved organ

If you are looking for a nice crime novel, without having difficulty trying to sleep after reading it, but exciting enough to have difficulty putting it down, try one of the Jackson Brodie novels.
The series starts with Case Histories (although you can read each book separately), then One Good Turn, When will there be good news? and Started early, took my dog.