Ooh! A mystery! (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Oh how exciting! A mystery shows up at my doorstep!

Today I received a parcel in the mail: an anonymous, brown paper wrapping, with dutch stamps and no discernible sender. The only marking on the enveloppe that can hint to its origins is a piece of text in the top-left corner: Blog Fullfillment Ltd.

Hmm... Fulfillment, eh? That could be anything! It could be someone nice, helping me with one of the wishes or problems I've expressed on my blog. Or it could be someone whom I've heartily pissed off, trying to get back at me. And since it's no chore to find out my home address *cough*WHOIS*cough* it really could be either!

So here's the facts:
* A quick Google shows no listing for "Blog Fullfillment Ltd" (note the incorrect spelling of the word fulfillment), nor when the second word's spelled correctly.
* The stamps show that the parcel was sent from somewhere in the Netherlands, on the third of march.
* The shape of the parcel doesn't let anything on, but it does bend a bit.
* The wrapping had split open on one side and I could make out what seemed to be books.

Books you say? Could this be related to my blog post about expanding my reading list? Opening the parcel gave me three novels by Tom Holt.

Now... This gives me three probable suspects.
* It's most likely that Niels decided to offload some of his older pockets onto me. He commented in said thread and actually mentions Holt's name. Niels is also in the habit of giving friends loads of his older books.
* Willow is also a frequent reader of my blog and she's also an English major with the same sense of humour as mine. However, given her background as a translator I doubt that she'd make the fuLLfillment mistake.
* The least likely suspect is Faragon. She's a semi-regular reader and upon visiting Holt's website I immediately recognized a character she also has up on her website. Apparently she's been reading Tom's books as well. However, since we're more acquaintances than friends I don't find it likely that she'll simply send some books my way :)

Whoever it was: thanks a million ^_^ You've brightened my day with a surprise and a little mystery.

Posted in: books , mysterious benefactor , mystery , present , tom holt