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Robert B. Parker's Wonderland by Ace Atkins Another enjoyable faux Spenser detective novel, probably a little more complex than Parker would have written. It felt curious that Susan and especially Hawk were given diminished roles--felt like Atkins couldn't afford the rights to Hawk or something ridiculous like that... Or maybe Atkins is planning to write what Hawk was doing in Miami--he's long deserved his own novel... Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel I always wondered how two authors could write a book together. I can't say for fact, but it's clear this one was written by two chronically immature dooty heads taking turns writing chapters leaving the situation more comically dire at every hand off. Inspired satire, albeit a bit heavy on the dooty. The Ivory Grin by Ross MacDonald. An early classic by one of my favorite noire writers. In this one the detective Lew Archer labors to prove a young African American innocent of a murder. There were plenty of storylines interwoven... Blue Mystery by Margot Benary-Isbert I got this juvenile novel as a library discard, but I'm glad I read it first. It was loosely based on the German-American author's memory of growing up in Erfurt, Germany, and she evokes a wonderfully apolitical view of a child's coming of age in an indeterminate past... The mystery is enjoyable as well... The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Neil Gaiman writes stories that feel like mythology. They probably won't last as long as the real thing, but they are interesting experiences all... Drowning World by Alan Dean Foster This novel starts out mostly uncomfortable on a constantly raining planet with few likeable characters, but builds into an interesting Sci Fi plot... |
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