I'm going to start with the best:
VANISHING ACT by Thomas Perry - Jane Whitefield is a Native American who
helps people in trouble disappear. She calls herself a "guide." In this,
the first Whitefield book, she helps an ex-cop who has been sent to her by a
former client. This is a fascinating, exciting, very well written book and I
highly recommend it. The second one just hit the bookstores and I intend to
get a copy as soon as possible.
UNDUE INFLUENCE by Steve Martini is another in his Paul Madriani series,
which are legal thrillers. The first one I read put me off a bit because,
although he writes very well, he writes in the present tense. I've gotten
beyond this affectation ONLY for Martini because he's written a terrific book
- each one, in fact, gets better.
SUNSET EXPRESS by Robert Crais is the latest of his Elvis Cole mysteries, and
a great read.
MIAMI, IT'S MURDER by Edna Buchanan is one of her Brit Montero
(Cuban-American crime reporter) books. Buchanan writes of Miami like no one
else. Another fast, excellent read.
KISS by John Lutz is one of his Fred Carver mysteries. Residents of a
nursing home in south Florida are dying in unlikely numbers and Carver
investigates. Good, tight plot and sharp characterizations.
THE CODICIL by Tom Topor. P.I. Adam Bruno searches for a war child born
during Vietnam who has been left fifty million dollars. A child that no one
in the man's family knew existed . Pretty good book.
LOCAL RULES by Jay Brandon. This is basically a courtroom drama set in
Texas. It kept my interest, but I'm not sure I'd read another one. And, I'm
not quite sure why.
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