Fiction

I've downloaded Joe Ide's audio books but hadn't got around to them. Last week, I gave IQ a try. Wow! Now I'm about half way through Righteous.

I haven't read anything about the author or any reviews. The largest issue I can see is that he appears to be Asian-American, and his novels center around African-Americans, many gang-related. So you can imagine the language. It all seems to work, however. The characters are multi-dimensional, the stories are intricate. They're basically private investigator novels with many, many twists. Definitely worth a try.

Came across Mark de Castrique in a list of books to read and was reminded to restart his two series. Very light and very entertaining. I started to read A Specter of Justice and realized I had already read it. I'll read it again. There's one more in this series, Sam Blackman. Based in Asheville, NC, and I get the impression that the depictions are pretty realistic. Characters are entertaining, people you care about. Will pick up where I left off in the Buryin' Barry series as well.

Also reading A Noise Downstairs, a standalone novel by Linwood Barclay. I've ready most of Barclay's Promise Falls novels. As above, a good writer, complex plots, developed characters. Just about 20 pages in, but so far, so good.