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Books Update - Suspense Two
STRANGER ROOM Frederick Ramsay
In the early nineteenth century, homes on main routes of travel were often built with a room having no access to family living quarters, and an entrance which could be locked from the inside. This gave the family another source of income – a forerunner to a modern motel which could be rented for a night or two to a traveler in the area. Ramsay's book opens with a murder in 1864 in such a room - the death of a stagecoach passenger passing through an area beset by conflicting loyalties between North and South. In the present day, a similar murder in the same room is discovered and Sheriff Ike Schwartz finds himself investigating and solving both crimes.
Ramsay's publisher describes him as "the best writer you've never heard of." He’s an excellent writer, alright - I hope more readers find their way to his books.
THE SKY TOOK HIM Donis Casey
Casey returns to her protagonist Alafair Tucker - this time sending Alafair and her oldest daughter to visit the family of an ailing relative. While they are there, a young member of the family is found dead, his body grotesquely frozen in a meat locker. No reader of other books in this series will be surprised to have Alafair jump in to the midst of the investigation.
As her readers will recognize, Alafair's strong psychic abilities are a integral part of the story, and in a delightful almost off hand style, Casey reveals that Alafair's youngest daughter Grace, still a toddler, shares her mother's psychic insights.
Casey's books are a nice combination of historical settings, a strong capable woman as protagonist, and a pleasant portrayal of a loving extended family.
NOTHING TO LOSE Lee Child
Not the best entry in the continuing Jack Reacher series, but still enjoyable. More than one reader has commented that Reacher would have had an easier time of it if he had curbed his inclination to go looking for trouble.
KILLER YEAR Lee Child, Editor
This compilation of short stories was drawn from the work of relatively new authors on the mystery/thriller scene. Pick it up now, make a note of authors you like, and I'd be willing to bet that within five to six years you will see their names in the book review sections of your daily newspaper and that there will be long holds lists at every library.
PAPER MOON Andrea Camilleri
Inspector Montalbano, working in a small town in Sicily, is a marvelous character. In this one, he investigates the murder of a pharmaceutical salesman, found shot in the face, with his trousers in disarray around his ankles. The deaths by overdose of a series of prominent politicians will also be part of the tangle of events. The inspector is almost, but not quite, outdone by the enigmatic sister of the deceased. My only complaint about PAPER MOON is the lack of mouth watering meals prepared by Montalbano's housekeeper. For some reason, she takes a back seat in this one.
That's it for my reading for the last couple of months in the suspense category. There's a bunch in non suspense genres - I'll get an update on them later on today, I hope!
Happy Reading!
In the early nineteenth century, homes on main routes of travel were often built with a room having no access to family living quarters, and an entrance which could be locked from the inside. This gave the family another source of income – a forerunner to a modern motel which could be rented for a night or two to a traveler in the area. Ramsay's book opens with a murder in 1864 in such a room - the death of a stagecoach passenger passing through an area beset by conflicting loyalties between North and South. In the present day, a similar murder in the same room is discovered and Sheriff Ike Schwartz finds himself investigating and solving both crimes.
Ramsay's publisher describes him as "the best writer you've never heard of." He’s an excellent writer, alright - I hope more readers find their way to his books.
THE SKY TOOK HIM Donis Casey
Casey returns to her protagonist Alafair Tucker - this time sending Alafair and her oldest daughter to visit the family of an ailing relative. While they are there, a young member of the family is found dead, his body grotesquely frozen in a meat locker. No reader of other books in this series will be surprised to have Alafair jump in to the midst of the investigation.
As her readers will recognize, Alafair's strong psychic abilities are a integral part of the story, and in a delightful almost off hand style, Casey reveals that Alafair's youngest daughter Grace, still a toddler, shares her mother's psychic insights.
Casey's books are a nice combination of historical settings, a strong capable woman as protagonist, and a pleasant portrayal of a loving extended family.
NOTHING TO LOSE Lee Child
Not the best entry in the continuing Jack Reacher series, but still enjoyable. More than one reader has commented that Reacher would have had an easier time of it if he had curbed his inclination to go looking for trouble.
KILLER YEAR Lee Child, Editor
This compilation of short stories was drawn from the work of relatively new authors on the mystery/thriller scene. Pick it up now, make a note of authors you like, and I'd be willing to bet that within five to six years you will see their names in the book review sections of your daily newspaper and that there will be long holds lists at every library.
PAPER MOON Andrea Camilleri
Inspector Montalbano, working in a small town in Sicily, is a marvelous character. In this one, he investigates the murder of a pharmaceutical salesman, found shot in the face, with his trousers in disarray around his ankles. The deaths by overdose of a series of prominent politicians will also be part of the tangle of events. The inspector is almost, but not quite, outdone by the enigmatic sister of the deceased. My only complaint about PAPER MOON is the lack of mouth watering meals prepared by Montalbano's housekeeper. For some reason, she takes a back seat in this one.
That's it for my reading for the last couple of months in the suspense category. There's a bunch in non suspense genres - I'll get an update on them later on today, I hope!
Happy Reading!
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