A book from a favorite author, Lisa Gardner, has just arrived at the Library; I marvel every time I read another one of her books; Ms. Gardner does not just write a novel of romantic suspense, but a novel with both highly developed plots and characters. Love You More is the latest of her books and returns the Boston Police Department investigative team of D.D. Warren and Bobby Dodge. They are called to the home of a State Trooper, Tessa Leoni, who appears to have shot her husband.
Ms. Gardner is a master at interweaving both a highly explosive plot with extremely strong characters, and she seems to have really outdone her previous books this time. The reader continues to keep turning the pages long after bedtime to see how the plot finally ends. And, why. I look forward to her next book to see how, if she can, top this one.
Luckily, one of our favorite people came into the Library earlier and asked me if I had read an interesting author, P.J. Tracy. At that time, I hadn’t, but immediately grabbed two of her books, Monkeewrench and Live Bait. Starting the first, Monkeewrench, I became highly intrigued and refused to start the laundry. The title is the name of a computer games firm, composed of some very unusual people who have developed a very serious game plotting unusual murders. And intertwined with this group in Minneapolis, is a very strange murder in Calumet, Wisconsin. The plot is excellent and the tie in of both actions in two different areas with the corresponding police force is fascinating.
But what is even more fascinating is to learn that the author is really two people: P.J. Patricia and Traci Lambrecht, a mother and daughter team who reside in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. How they form both the excellent plot and believable characters is a story within itself.
And the latest of fun books is Stuart Woods’ Lucid Intervals. This book brings back his bon vivant attorney Stone Barrington and his police detective pal, Dino Bachetti, and several totally crazy characters. The book also returns the exclusive restaurant Elaine’s in New York City which has an outstanding menu. Woods’ books are always fun to read, nothing very heavy, a good bit of diversion to stop the heavy thinking prior to sleep.
“When an old person dies, a Library burns down”
Karin Gillespie
