Finished DARK ROAD RISING

This was the 15th of the novels in this series that I have read.  They keep getting better.  The theme of this is the dichotomy of personalities in us all.  Both Jack and his new acquaintance, Gabriel, have to confront their dark sides and it is not pretty.  That said, the book ended quite satisfactorily and, even though there are no new novels in the series at the moment, the door is certainly left open for many new adventures.

I have now started Let Me Whisper in Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark.  We start out learning that thirty years ago a twelve-year-old disappeared from a roller coaster while it was operating and hasn't been found until his bones were found the other day in an excavation.  We also learn that something happened a couple of years ago involving the anchorwoman that caused a good employee of Key News to be furloughed causing financial hardship to his family.  He is employed again as is she, but the issue has not been resolved.

Finished THE WOMAN WHO WALKED IN SUNSHINE

This series is a break from life--especially now.  The gentle, caring folks at The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency have solved another mystery taken care of some other problems as well...and all while Mma Ramotswe is on holiday.

I have now started the twelfth book in the P. N Elrod series, The Vampire Files:  Dark Road Rising.  The book starts with Jack driving around with the crime boss who tried to have him killed earlier this evening shot and bleeding out in the back of the car.  Not to worry--he won't die, he is a vampire, too. Jack's friend, Charles, is in the hospital where Jack put him in a moment of fury.  And it is pretty possible that still other hit men will be sent out by the crime syndicate in NY to kill him...

Finished BLOOD NOIR

I continue to be in awe of especially fantasy writers because of the variety of complications they can come up with.  I don't mind at all that this is far-fetched.  Shoot, fantasy is far-fetched.  I continue to enjoy these books, as much for the characters as for the complications.

I have now started reading The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine, a #1 Ladies Detective Agency book by Alexander McCall Smith.  This is, as usual, a break from both "edge of your seat" thrillers and from the madness of everyday life.  Mma. Ramotswe is intelligent, calm, tactful, and gentle.  She often thinks of things to say which are so different from what I would have said in that situation (and so much more intelligent) that she is not only delightful, but funny.  Love these books.

Finished ON WINGS OF EAGLES by Ken Follett

As far as I know, this is Follett's only non-fiction work.  It is researched with books about the Iranian Revolution as well as long interviews with the people involved, including Ross Perot, who Follett thanked for all the help.  Ross Perot, multi-millionaire owner of the majority shares of EDS located (here) in Dallas, TX orchestrated an escape from prison in Iran of two of his employees who were arrested while performing their EDS duties as contracted by the Iranian government.  They were imprisoned without any charge and no charge was ever made.  How it is possible for Follett to take a real event and without going into fiction at all, come up with such a hair-raising climax amazes me.  Another edge of my seat read...

I am about to start Blood Noir, another Anita Blake (Necromancer and Vampire Executioner) book by Laurell K Hamilton.