Oooh - you reminded me. There's actually a compilation of the "competitors" of sherlock holmes. I think I have it, I just have to get the right name, it's not coming to me.
I enjoyed the Tony Hillerman mysteries, set on the Navaho reservation. Great mystery story telling in a foreign cultural setting. I haven't listened to the audio versions of the books, but I see good reviews on Audible. If you ever change your mind about SciFi mysteries, I heartily recommend Jack McDevitt's Alex Benedict stories. I would start with "The Seeker". Not a space opera! The central character is a controversial antiquities dealer who solves a historical mystery even as people try to stop him. I like the story telling. The story is told as a first person opinionated memoir by a strong female character, Chase Colpath, who is the central character's assistant. The Audible reader is Jennifer Van Dyke, who makes the character come alive.
My summer '17 books so far are: Don Winslow - The Force Lee Child - Night School John Sanford - Extreme Prey David Baldacci - The Fix John Grisham - The Whistler
There's also a series by Laurie R. King set in the Holmes world that I remember quite liking. The main character is a younger woman he marries when he's older. I think Holmes is usually kept in the background one way or another. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk
Currently reading /listening to the 3rd book in the Misadventures of Max Bowman by Joel Canfield. Laugh Out Loud Funny! especially if you listen to the audio book which is narrated perfectly. Max does makes very liberal use of 4 letter words but in a dry humorous way IMO. I think the ebooks go on sale regularly for 99 cents on Amazon as he is a relatively new writer. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk
The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith With a Foreword by Graham Greene Just about finished with the section entitled "The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder" If you enjoy short stories you may want to give this book a look.
Just finished "Captain Blood: His Odyssey" by Rafael Sabatini. And surprisingly enough, the 1935 movie of the same name stuck pretty close to the book.
Free Women Free Men by Camille Paglia. Wow. Just. Wow. I am blown away by her mind. I cannot find an argument with her and do not wish to.
"A War Like No Other(How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War)" by Victor Davis Hanson.
ATHEISM for DUMMIES While reading it on my commute to work on public transit a person on the train asked me if I was an atheist. I replied in my best dead-pan tone, "No, but I'm a dummy."
I know the publisher would never go for it but I always wanted to write: The Complete Idiots Guide to Books for Dummies.
Beginning again. This time books in hand. (First time through the 5 novels, I listened to them on CD)
Since I'm HERE all week, I brought in "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill. If I finish it(only 96 pages) before the end of the week, I'll bring in the book I'm reading by Victor Davis Hanson.
