God I love a Holst novella. This is an author who really knows how to navigate literature in its shorter form (see In the Palm and Gretel on Her Own). Here we have the first installment of a series (From Sappho, with Love) that thematically centers around post cards.

It’s August, 1972 and Netty Thornton, a University student and bibliophile, has been dragged to vacation in Playa del Inglés by her younger sister. Not the partying type, Netty takes interest in the hotel’s contract bridge tourna...