The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo - a Harry Hole (pronounced hula) book. The frustrating thing about foreign language books is that they are often not published in English in the order they were written. So this was a little confusing since it referenced events I haven't read yet. Also, I found the beginning of the book very disjointed and sometimes couldn't tell which character was being written about. About halfway through, I put the book down thinking I wouldn't finish it. I gave it another chance and am glad I did as I thought it improved in the last half. In fact I would have given it 4 stars if not for the beginning.
3 stars
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Lethal Investments by K. O. Dahl - another Norwegian author. This was a murder mystery that ended up being about an investment scandal and I couldn't follow all the finance stuff. Rather depressing and too much nudity. Would be R if a movie. I don't think I'll read anymore of this series.
2 stars
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Judgement Call by J.A. Jance - one of her Joanna Brady novels. I was starting to worry about this author when I couldn't finish her last book. Maybe because it was a different series. The mystery part was good and I figured it out right along with Joanna. I'm very tired of her difficult mother though. If Joanna was talking about her on a forum we would all encourage her to cut off contact.
3 stars
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As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson - the 8th Walt Longmire book. I thought this was the weakest book in the series so far. Not as much humor and again, more Indian mysticism.
3 stars
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Bonus tv review
I just finished the first season of the Longmire series on tv. After the first episode I realized if I was going to enjoy the show I would have to let go of everything in the books. Only the Longmire character is right except for being too young. Instead of saying at the beginning of the show, based on, it should say very loosely based on. I like the show but not nearly as much as the books.
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