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Lethal Prey by John Sandford
While I read the Lucas and Letty Davenport novels, the Prey novels featuring Davenport and Virgil Flowers are my favorites. Lethal Prey has a smart killer, and all the witticisms you expect from the two protagonists. And, it's a cold case, which I love. In 2003, an...
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
As much as I liked John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society, I liked When the Moon Hits Your Eye even more. This is a standalone, but Scalzi said it's sort of in a group with his last two novels, The Kaiju Preservation Society and Starter Villain. It begins at the...
A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves
Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves gave readers the Inspector Ramsay series. Despite 1990 publication in the United Kingdom, the first book in the series, A Lesson in Dying, is only now available in the U.S. It's a village mystery, with Ramsay only on the periphery...
Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan
Sofie Ryan's Cat Got Your Killer is the twelfth book in her Second Chance Cat Mystery series. Perhaps if I'd read more than just a couple in this series, I might be able to remember who all the characters are. There are a number of people who are friends of Sarah...
The Reluctant Sheriff by Chris Offutt
Chris Offutt's Mick Hardin novels have their ups and downs for me. I loved the first in the series, The Killing Hills, and then I seem to appreciate all the odd-numbered ones more than the even ones. The Reluctant Sheriff is the fourth to feature Mick Hardin, an...
David Chaudoir’s Favorites of 2024
Last year, David Chaudoir had one of the earliest submissions for Favorite Books Read. This year, I'm finishing up the Friday posts with his Favorite Books Read in 2024. David reads the posts here more than he comments. He's an anthropologist and storyteller who...