Fiction

Just finished listening to the latest Andy Carpenter novel from David Rosenfelt. I've read or listened to all of them. Extremely light reading, and a lot of fun. Still don't like New Jersey.

Listening to Gale Force by Owen Laukkanen. Bearer bonds. Yakuza. Cut throat salvage business. Spunky female tugboat operator with cliched crew and tugboat cat. Pretty good thriller. Hope the good guys prevail.

Reading Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser. Mystery/thriller. Mom disappears with her two kids. She's probably still alive, but fearful of someone. Maybe her husband. Maybe someone else. Lesson so far is to stay away from suburbs in Ohio. These people are fucked up. I'll keep going.

Also reading: The Infinite Blacktop by Sara Gran. Odd story so far. This appears to be the second or third in a series. Not quite sure whether it's quirky or tongue in cheek. I'll get back to it after the Strawser book.

Finished a few days ago: The Silver Bear by Derek Haas. Haas is a novelist, screenwriter, etc. The writing is, well, nothing to write home about, but the story is a page turner. The Silver Bear is an assassin who kind of stumbled into the profession. It's light in parts, but not a comedy. Lots of people die. I think this is the first in the series. I'll read the others.