Every now and then, I find myself locked in research mode and thinking, "When did this become such hard work?" Don't get me wrong-I love research. I adore finding out about far-flung places and how the other half live. But for a writer, there's such a thing as getting yourself bogged down. So a few weeks back, I opened a book I'd written and had sitting for some while on my C-drive, and I thought, "Let's see how this one flies." The result  is DROPPING DEAD IN DELBY RISH. The blurb goes