I first must mention to FryBabe that my son (who is 16) has played all of the 'Mass Effect' video games,and one of the characters is Miranda Lawson, a woman who ran away from her billionaire dad who had had her genetically modified and wanted to use her in his plans of galactic dominance. She also later grabbed a younger sister he had done the same thing to, and 'freed' her. Suspiciously close, eh?
Secondly,I too am fascinated by anything set in the Vatican,but that's because they have so much from my favorite period of the world ( pretty much anything BCE!). It was so miraculous to see actual Roman mosaics... I have read a lot of the Didius Falco books, and Stephen Saylor's books. Immerse yourself in Antiquity whenever possible!
Third,I do read Robin Cook,although I haven't seen 'House'. I know Hugh Laurie from the Black Adder series and I've heard about it,but we don't really watch much TV. My husband is a Dr. so we quit watching medical shows,even back when we watched TV. (we watched 'St. Elsewhere' before he was in med school) Hospitals are like everywhere else,staffed and filled by error prone humans,who often don't do the self checks they should. However,I have been in the hospital A LOT, (probably would total at least 3 years out of the past 20) and I must say that on the whole,nursing and care staff do terriffically well in very difficult,stressful jobs,and most hospitals are understaffed to an alarming degree. I suppose Robin Cook would frighten me more if my husband wasn't a hospitalist,so that I know what really goes on!
I also love doing jigsaw puzzles of art. I used to work a lot of real ones, but since I married a cat lover,and then gave birth to a second cat person, which is why we have 3 cats in the house...I do them on my iPad! Missing pieces are too frustrating!.
And to JoanK- I will have to look up the Mozart mystery. People constantly compare my composer son to Mozart and,of course,I studied and love his music.
