Another thriller down, and written by the same author as the previous book, (I kind of go in batches). In The Sinner Tess Gerritsen gave us another book that’s easy to read and hard to put down. It allowed me to, hopefully, get my fill of escaping into a world of mystery. Also, it’s not crazy long so it is a good book for a long flight, depending on how fast you read.
Time to get back to the computer-related brick I have on the nightstand.
I’m behind on writing up the books I read. A few weeks ago I read another of the Alphabet Mysteries, B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton. It was quick, entertaining, twisty, (in a good way), and fun. If you like whodunnits, (apparently whodunnits is a real word – my spellchecker didn’t pick that up), then you’ll probably like B is for Burglar, and in all honesty, the whole series.
There are a bunch more of these on the shelf waiting to be read, but I don’t want to go too fast since I tend to read them in one, quite long, sitting, and I have other things that I have to do. I am looking forward to reading them, though.
A few weeks ago I had seen nothing but computers and computer books and needed a break from the code floating in my dreams, so I found a book to escape into for a bit. I went to my bookshelf and pulled out the Tess Gerritsen book Bloodstream. An escape into the world of teenage axe murders in small-town Maine. These Tess Gerritsen books are often pretty spooky as far as thrillers go and this one is as well. It’s easy to read, you don’t have to think much, (except a bit to keep the characters in line, something that I usually have to put a bit of effort into, no matter the author or book), and it’s super entertaining, with a bit of freaky science thrown in for fun.
It’s been a while since I read a good detective novel, and The Private Patient, like many books I’ve been reading recently, was been sitting on my bookshelf from Christmas until I read it recently. The Private Patient is by P. D. James, an author that I’ve never read, but is apparently quite productive and my mother really enjoys, so I hear, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that The Private Patient was a gift from my mother.
Now that I’ve read a P. D. James book, I can see why my mother enjoys them so much. This one was good! With any luck I’ll run across some more of her books at some point. As a detective novel this would have been a great book to have on a trip, (I sometimes find it tough to read stuff where I actually have to learn while travelling). Also, for those of us who don’t live or spend much time in the UK, it provides an interesting glimpse into the world of an English manor house.
