The Day of the Dead by Nicci French

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Frieda Klein is a great detective despite not being a detective. She’s like The Mentalist, and this final chapter of her series is her clash with Dean Reeve, the Red Jon of the series.

I think I liked this series more than The Mentalist. Frieda has no superpowers, other than maybe her ability to last for days with little to no sleep. The main antagonist is well-known, it’s clear who he is, how he hides, and so on. Doesn’t have the aura of mystical superhumanity that Red John has.

Book 8 of the series is calm and relatively short compared to the other books. The fall is coming, and people would be just like leaves. Except some of them who have the will to last.

5*/5, I liked the whole series very much. I regret that it ends after only 8 books.

Lakes Muratovo and Ribno

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We did a very pretty hike this weekend – from Vihren Hut to Muratovo and Ribno lakes.

There’s a path that connects both lakes, and I think it’s easier to find if you visit Muratovo lake first. The connection between the two lakes is not marked but the path is obvious. There’s really no other path you can take in the general direction of Ribno starting from Muratovo.

Vrom Vihren hut to Muratovo is about 1-1.5h and +260 meters. I found 45 min as an estimation online but that would require the hikers to be in a very good shape.

Lake Muratovo is small but exceptionally scenic.

The Ribno lake (Fish Lake) is much larger. Despite the name, tiny fish, likely trout, can be found in most lakes in the area, not only the Fish Lake.

The whole loop Vihren Hut – Muratovo Lake – Ribno Lake – Vihren Hut took us about 4h and only about 13K steps.