October Reading
I’m in Washington, DC, for a while, but I’m still hard at work on the new KD Thorne novel. I’ll have more to say about it when I’m done with rewrites.
In the meantime–
As many of you know, I can’t pass up a discounted crime fiction classic. A few weeks ago, I downloaded a copy of Ed McBain’s Killer’s Choice (number 5 of the 87th Precinct books) from the Murder & Mayhem newsletter. It did not disappoint.
A woman working at a liquor store has been murdered. When the cops dig into her background, none of her associates agree on what kind of person she was. Was she a party girl, a free spirit, a doting mom, or a straightlaced, model employee? So the cops are at their wits’ ends trying to figure out who killed her and why. In the meantime, a cop is murdered interrupting a robbery. And the new detective feels duty-bound to catch the killer. This is a fast-paced crime book that never misses a beat.
(It’s $0.24 on Amazon today: https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Choice-87th-Precinct-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B005WZZRQU )
Also read Wendy Hornsby’s Half a Mind (Kate Teague Mysteries Book 2). This is a copy-cat killer book. A jailed psycho-killer is about to go on trial when bodies start turning up murdered in his usual way. Kate Teague’s boyfriend is the cop who caught the killer, and thus is the expert on his methods, but he has memory defects from a recent brain injury. So Kate finds herself in the middle of the action. There are lots of red herrings here, and real chemistry between Kate and her boyfriend. A fun read that kept me guessing until the end. You might want to check it out.
Happy reading!