KD Thorne and Spring Reading
Still working on the third KD Thorne novel, which begins with ransomware attacks on hydroelectric dams. No title yet, but I’m making good progress, I think. In the meantime, I’ve been getting some reading done.
Recently read The Grifter’s Daughter (book 1 in the Grifter’s Daughter series) by Duane Lindsay. This is a comic caper crime novel featuring Dani Silver, a professional thief and con artist. This time out, she’s assembled a crew to go after a crooked televangelist. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong as she tries to rope her score. Crisp writing and fast pacing keep it all rolling along. Very enjoyable.
Also read Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death (1966) by Donald E Westlake. You may recall that I am a big fan of Westlake’s Parker books (written as Richard Stark). Westlake originally wrote the Mitchell Tobin mysteries under the pen name Tucker Coe, but they’ve been re-released under his own name.
Tobin, a disgraced former police detective, is hired by a mob boss to find out who killed his mistress. Off he charges, using police techniques to hunt down the guilty party in New York’s underworld. I started it one night and finished it the next day. A top-notch who-done-it with no wasted words. If you read old school crime books, you’ll love this one.
All for now.
Happy reading!