by Joanne Fluke. It is light reading with no message but with this past week I don't want any theme or heavy messages.

Feel the same.

Great sicfi series. I am on my third reading. Can get for free with Kindle Unlimited.

I can’t say I’m glad I read it because it’s not that kind of book. Let’s just say I appreciated it. I would not recommend it to anyone unless I knew them really well and that they could handle the material.

I needed a palate cleanser, so now I’m reading Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty.

Stay cool everyone!

New title. Lucas and Virgil solve a cold case with detective smarts and true crimes crowdsourcing.

Great idea. Feels kinda flat. Sandford even reuses plot tactics like fire bombing Virgil’s home.

Also, The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.

Probably not the best choice for these times. Talky political thriller as a computer virus is prime to take down the world. Plus a traitor in the White House.

I really liked the Hillerman books. Road trip in my mind.

Finished reading When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal. Lovely book of family that I really. cared about. No murder mystery, but a who done it and why of family drama, and love. Great description of New Zealand.

Now reading a non-fiction, Wise Gals: the spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage by Nathalia Holt. "In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organization that we now know as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the “wise gals” by their male colleagues because of their sharp sense of humor and even quicker intelligence, were not the stereotypical femme fatale of spy novels. They were smart, courageous, and groundbreaking agents at the top of their class, instrumental in both developing innovative tools for intelligence gathering—and insisting (in their own unique ways) that they receive the credit and pay their expertise deserved."

Not my favored genre — I usually prefer science fiction — but she spins a pretty good yarn, so it seems I get around eventually to reading her novels.

— Ron

But, thanks anyway. Some who pass this way might find that to their liking.

Thanks for the thread, hermetic.

At hermetic's recommendation, I read "Thunderhead" by Preston & Child. Even as a huge Preston & Child fan, I had not been aware of this book. Only one of my local libraries had a copy (Inter-library loan). This was the first 'Nora Kelly' book, and it was very good. The native American witches were very creepy. Visual western scenery. On the negative side... if you're fond of horses, most of the horses in the story do not fare well. Still.. Highly recommend.

but the rest of the story was really great. Those guys sure know how to tell a story. Glad you liked it.

I thought I’d read it before, but it must have been another novel about the building of Stonehenge.

I’m now reading Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie by James Lee Burke. Burke is beginning to worry me. This is the third straight book with spirits or demons. His language has always been as elegant as his plots are dark, but he seems to be becoming more preoccupied with death and it’s other side.

And we seem to be living in a country filled with demons, so....I guess you can't be too surprised. I've never read any of his novels but that one sounds really good. Perhaps it's time I started reading some. I AM finding it harder to find really great books any more, other than those by my 6 favorite authors. Thanks for your input.

There are 3 books in the series: City On Fire, City Of Dreams and the one I'm reading. It's a mob-related story and there I times I swear I can hear Pauly Walnuts of the "Sopranos" in one of the characters.