Half in Love With Artful Death by Bill Crider - Sheriff Dan Rhodes investigates the death of a chronic complainer in this latest book. He also has trouble with donkeys, a nude woman at a rest stop, and meth dealers. All with a twist of humor.
3 stars
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The Body Snatchers Affair by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronini - number three in the Carpenter and Quincannon series by this husband and wife team. This time they're both investigating the disappearance of bodies - one in Chinatown and one in wealthy San Francisco. Although the conclusions were not a surprise, I found some of the investigating confusing.
2 stars
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Jan 11 - 17, 2015
Compound Murder by Bill Crider - a Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery. A professor has been found dead on the local college campus and the suspect is the son of a survivalist living at a well fortified compound. As usual, there are also some minor disturbances for the sheriff to deal with, including a pig in someone's home. I like this series, it's a quick read with some humor, but the sheriff always gets his suspect.
3 stars
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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sin-Mi Hwang - the story of a brave hen who dares to not accept her circumstances and dream of a different life. A little sad.
3 stars
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Woman With a Gun by Phillip Margolin - an aspiring writer sees a picture of a woman in a wedding dress standing on a beach holding a gun. She finds it was taken very shortly after a murder and decides to write a novel about it. This leads to the solution of a 10 year old case. This book was written in a very odd style, going back in time to old cases. As a result I never felt connected to any of the characters and only finished because I wanted to know what had happened.
3 stars
3 stars
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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sin-Mi Hwang - the story of a brave hen who dares to not accept her circumstances and dream of a different life. A little sad.
3 stars
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Woman With a Gun by Phillip Margolin - an aspiring writer sees a picture of a woman in a wedding dress standing on a beach holding a gun. She finds it was taken very shortly after a murder and decides to write a novel about it. This leads to the solution of a 10 year old case. This book was written in a very odd style, going back in time to old cases. As a result I never felt connected to any of the characters and only finished because I wanted to know what had happened.
3 stars
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Jan 4 - 10, 2015
Easy Street: The Hard Way by Ron Perlman - I thought this would be a witty memoir of the author's life and career. It starts that way but became a diatribe on what's wrong today and how to fix it. He also talks a lot about his therapy of many years. It was at times humorous but those were few and far between. Lots of language but I knew that from a review. I think this was lots of rambling talk and the poor ghost writer was left trying to put it together.
1 star
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The Forgers by Bradford Morrow -" They never found his hands" are the opening words for this story of forgery in the world of rare books. The narrator is a convicted forger caught up in the death of his girlfriend's brother, who he suspects may have been a forger too. A feeling of dread begins almost with the first page and builds until the end. The main character is not completely sympathetic but I really liked the way this was written. Just a little anticlimactic.
4 stars
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The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey - the 4th Maeve Kerrigan book. A serial killer is somehow gaining the trust of women, possibly by posing as a policeman. Maeve's partner comes under suspicion because of something in his past. Lots of twists and turns. The one thing I don't like about these books is there is always some conflict between various police officers.
4 stars
1 star
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The Forgers by Bradford Morrow -" They never found his hands" are the opening words for this story of forgery in the world of rare books. The narrator is a convicted forger caught up in the death of his girlfriend's brother, who he suspects may have been a forger too. A feeling of dread begins almost with the first page and builds until the end. The main character is not completely sympathetic but I really liked the way this was written. Just a little anticlimactic.
4 stars
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The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey - the 4th Maeve Kerrigan book. A serial killer is somehow gaining the trust of women, possibly by posing as a policeman. Maeve's partner comes under suspicion because of something in his past. Lots of twists and turns. The one thing I don't like about these books is there is always some conflict between various police officers.
4 stars
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Dec 28, 2014 - Jan 3, 2015
Reason to Believe: Answering the Toughest Questions About God by HR Huntsman - an apologetics book beginning with creation and going through to the historicity of Jesus. Disclaimer - the author is my pastor. This book is the result of a sermon series a few years ago and that I really enjoyed at the time. This would have received 4 stars, mostly because the book layout style is not my favorite, but because of extreme prejudice and loyalty...
5 stars
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Black Skies by Arnaldur Indridason - this is called an Inspector Erlander book, but his colleague, Sigurdur Oli, is the focus of this one. I don't find him a very sympathetic character. He's asked to help in a case of blackmail by an old school friend. It becomes murder and financial fraud.
3 stars
5 stars
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Black Skies by Arnaldur Indridason - this is called an Inspector Erlander book, but his colleague, Sigurdur Oli, is the focus of this one. I don't find him a very sympathetic character. He's asked to help in a case of blackmail by an old school friend. It becomes murder and financial fraud.
3 stars
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