July reading

Slow month for reading for me, but good ones.

Stuart Woods, Two Dollar Bill, A-
second most recent Stone Barrington, cheesy as always, but entertaining! Bonus: an excellent tip about making gimlets.


Stuart Woods, Dark Harbor, A-
most recent Stone Barrington, decent plot involving the murder of Stone's distant cousin, a typical Barrington in terms of lots of sex and consumption.


Robert B Parker, Blue Screen, A-
most recent Sunny Randall, not the best Parker ever, but entertaining enough. Not sure how I feel about Sunny and her new romance -- there are already so many connections between the three series that often feel contrived.


Marcia Muller, Vanishing Point, A
A summer tradition, the new McCone. (Well, I wish we were still getting a McCone each year, even though I do like the Cape Perdido series too.) McCone takes on a cold case, seeking the truth about a woman's disappearance. The client is the woman's daughter who is obsessed with her mother's disappearance and the effects it had on her life.

John Harvey, Darkness and Light, A
Most recent Frank Elder. Frank gets involved in a case as a favor to his ex-wife, looking for the sister of one of her friends. When the woman is found dead, Frank sees links with one of his old unsolved cases and is pulled back into service as a consultant. Dark, creepy stuff again, but well-written with interesting, flawed characters.