Just Finished

The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz.

One of the funniest books I have read in a long time. It reminds me of what I used to love about the Janet Evanovich series, crazy with a dash of oh-shit-I-have-totally-done-that-before. Reading books like this makes me wonder why those correspondence courses in private investigations aren’t more popular. Though I have to say from my years of reading PI books I have learned a couple of things: a) you need cop sources ( been one, dated one, or sleeping with one), b) you need to have lawyer friends (probably the last two scenarios plus one to bail you out from your breaking and entering past times), and c) no one is going to like you. So I better get busy.

Up next is The Venetian Betrayal, Steve Berry.

Not one of the best authors in the crazy and exploding historical thriller genre, but he’s not unreadable. I have to say though I miss the cold war thriller. More Ludlum and Littell, please.