If I'm going to do this thing, I'd better keep going.
King, Laurie R.
A Grave Talent
12/28/10
Very good mystery, set in San Francisco Bay area. Interesting characters: Kate Martinelli, new detective, primary narrator; other detective, experienced, assigned Kate as assistant for political reasons, partnership works well. Set in an isolated community which is kept deliberately low tech.
Pratchett, Terry
Pyramids
12/30/10
Typical Pratchett commedy/satire/fantasy.
Barr, Nevada
13 1/2
12/31/10
Two parallel stories: a family killing by a child in the 70's, and a contemporary romance in New Orleans. Reminds me of Carol O'Conner. Not a Anna Pigeon story.
Britain, Kristen
The High King's Tomb
1/3/11
Third book in Green Rider series, fourth upcoming this year. There has been a long break between publication of books 2 and 3.
Jecks, Michael
The Bishop Must Die
1/10/11
I've been busy. And I may have missed a book. This is 28th in the Knights Templar series. Jecks is a historian and very concerned with historical accuracy of events. This book is set in 1326, in the reign of Edward II in England, a time of tension with France. The main character is a former Templar, back from the Crusades.
Viehl, S. L.
Beyond Varallan (and StarDoc)
1/16/11
This is the second in the StarDoc series. Our heroine doctor goes from one fire to another, chased by the League and her nasty father/progenetor. She is a genetic construct, forbidden by the League, and experiment to her father. She and her adopted family escape the League, only to be caught by another group of nasties -- the Hkskt or something like that. I don't worry much about names that are all consonants. Book begins and ends on cliff hangers.
Butcher, Jim
Turn Coat
1/20/11
11th in Dresden series. Harry rescues his enemy Warden, Morgan; fights a nasty Navaho shapeshifter; and exposes the bad guy in the White Council.
The nasties are prominent this week.
