Happy Thanksgiving or Random Thursday (depending), by Catriona

It just so happens that my new book - out next week, details here - is set at this time of year. It opens on Thanksgiving morning in the owners' flat at the Last Ditch Motel, where fish-out-of-water Scot, Lexy Campbell has just committed the sin of suggesting she cut up some fruit in case anyone feels like something fresh for dessert . . .

"Purely because, on the many surfaces around the kitchen there were: a vat of Mexican wedding soup big enough to drown the entire bridal party except that it w...