Murder by Death

I loved this book, but holy crap I can't believe it's taken me this long to read it.  I don't think it's ever taken me this long to finish a book.

If you love museums, if you love natural history, if you've ever thought the idea of getting lost in the back rooms of a museum sounded like something you'd put on your bucket list, I think you'll enjoy this book.  Mr. Fortey manages with very few words to make the reader feel like they've toured the back rooms of the Natural History Museum (London) and met some of the more colourful characters to have graced it's halls in the last several decades.

I'm definitely going to re-read this one at some point in the near future: I feel like I probably didn't do the book full justice by trying to read it while I'm on holiday and helping out my friend while her hand heals.  The writing is dense and there's a lot to take in (in a good way) and I'd have gotten even more out of it had I been able to fully focus.  But I did enjoy it thoroughly and would gladly recommend it.