Glad to see so much literary heavy lifting. I am enjoying the summer immensely in spite of all the political doom'n'gloom, and my reading reflects that- all fiction, all the time. Lately I've been rereading the entire 'Stephanie Plum' series from Janet Evanovich just for the fun of it. For those unfamiliar, Stephanie Plum is a Jersey girl with more than her share of spunk who is a sometime bounty hunter. Evanovich brings improbability to a comedic art form. Now there are an even dozen novels in the series, I still have to get a copy of the most recent.
And over the past couple of weeks-
Crais, Robert. _The Two Minute Rule_. Bank robber Max Holman emerges from prison hoping to pick up the pieces of his life- only to find the estranged mother of his son deceased, and his son-turned-cop recently murdered under strange circumstances along with three other officers. A missing stash of cold cash totalling $16 million from a string of bank robberies seems to have been too much of a temptation for someone... .
Rhoades, J. D. _Good Day In Hell_. An inexplicable string of ruthless killings sucks bail enforcement agent Jack Keller and his sheriff's deputy girlfriend into a maelstrom of domestic terrorism. Set in southeastern North Carolina, the local detail makes the novel that much more enjoyable for me. I also enjoyed Rhoades' first outing, titled_The Devil's Right Hand_. The _WashPost_ called that one 'redneck noir,' showing how little they know- much of it was set in Robeson County, the county most heavily populated by Native Americans east of the Mississippi. Or maybe the Post couldn't bring itself to say 'Indian noir.'
Patterson, James and Maxine Paetro. _5th Horseman_. Patients are dying in a large San Fancisco hospital- fom illnesses and injuries that should not be fatal. And when their corpses are found, their eyes are being held closed by medallions struck with a caduceus.
Roberts, Nora. _Blue Smoke_. Catarina Hale had been fascinated by fire ever since her father's restaurant was burned when she was eleven years old, and fire continued to touch her life again and again as her career as an arson investigator progressed.
