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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