The Monk (DS Cross Mysteries, #5)

by Tim Sullivan

‘Conversatio morum, well it’s been open to interpretation over the years but I think the easiest way to explain it is that it’s fidelity to the monastic way of life,’

It was like listening to a cabinet minister refusing to answer a relevant, awkward question on the Today programme, by just repeating whatever message he or she had been briefed to give. I often find myself thinking, why do they actually bother to come on the show at all? It’s infuriating for the listener and insulting, don’t you think, DS Ottey?’

This sent Cross into a tailspin. Not because he thought she’d over-ordered for one person – which by the way he did – but because Wednesday was their night when he and his father ate together.