I have missed Stephen R Donaldson. There is a huge amount of inventiveness in his stories. Remember in Thomas Covenant how he'd create a fabulous character and then just kill him off and create another one? He writes fantasy, but also science fiction. I even enjoyed his non-fiction account of why he enjoys writing short stories. He almost always makes me think with his multifaceted characters, strange situations, fantastic worlds, and inventive plots.
I have now started Murder in the First Edition by Lauren Elliott. I have messed up. This the third in a series, and I thought it was the first. The other two are still on my shelf. Oh, well. I don't feel left hanging at all, all characters are introduced well and I am not lost. Because I was a reading teacher, I am drawn to books set in libraries, bookstores, classrooms, and in the writing studios of authors. This mystery has started with a dead body and a missing very valuable book, both of which the police are reluctant to label as suspicious, much to the protagonist's (and my) frustration.
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