Walkin the Dog by Walter Mosley This
is the most philosophical novel I've read by Mosley, fitting for the
main character being Socrates Fortlow. Instead of following the
trite storyline of a wrongfully accused person clearing his name,
larger issues of race relations and what makes a life are addressed in
a compelling manner. The CD version read by ME Willis does a
great job of verbally portraying the characters...
The Job by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg.
I like this series almost as much as the Stephanie Plum novels, for its
clarity of prose and clever plotting with humor mixed with skull and
daggers. This 5th novel was the best I've read so far, but I
managed to miss 2 of the 5...
Crooked Man and Trick Question by Tony Dunbar I was drawn to
these as being somewhat funny, and free at Amazon. Sometimes I
imagine The Spider, Tubby Tompkins, grown up into this Tubby Dubonnet
lawyer/crime solver. As the author is a lawyer, it's a bit heavy
on the jurisprudence at times, but also a possible glimpse into how the
justice system in NOLA might function...
The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter This
series is very different from Discworld--in this case the result of the
theory of possibly infinite universes. As they explore the
millions, it bogs down a bit like Verne's The Time Machine did (in my
dim ancient history) by trying to cover too much. Still, it was
Terry Pratchett, and that's enough to earn it a read...
The Sandman Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman Creator
of The Sandman 'comics' is a frequent appellation for Gaiman, but a lot
of his novel readers like me never had a chance to read the Sandman, so
I was glad the local library system stocked the reprint. But boy,
is it bleak... Also I think Gaiman has grown into resembling the
Sandman...
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