Postman always rings twice by Cain, James M

This was a fast moving book. I had to start over the first disc 2 or 3 times because I didn't think I got the whole story.

I haven't seen the movie, but this was a good book. At the time it was published (1934), I'm sure it raised some eyebrows.

Since I listened to this over a year ago, I don't remember much of the intricate details. While I generally like books that are short and use limited words to tell the story, this one at times felt a bit too quick. I felt left with questions that the story couldn't tell me.

All in all, I liked it. I might even watch the movie, maybe.

The watchman

Title: The watchman

Author: Crais, Robert.

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

CIP A former Los Angeles police officer becomes the bodyguard of a troubled heiress marked for death.

Comments

Crais is one of my favorite authors. He writes the Elvis Cole series that I discovered years ago. Cole's partner is a man named Joe Pike. While you don't need to read the Cole series it does give you a little more background about Pike. On the same line of thought, this book provides more of Pike's history than any other book Crais has written.

He is hired to protect an heiress, and as usually where Pike goes trouble follows. He does everything possible to keep her alive. At one point he can't trust anyone but Elvis. Elvis provides him what he needs with no questions asked.

It is a fast-paced, action-packed novel. Anyone who likes James Patterson should give Robert Crais a try.

Who's sorry now? : a Grace & Favor mystery

Title: Who's sorry now? : a Grace & Favor mystery

Author: Churchill, Jill.

Publisher:William Morrow

Synopsis Times couldn't be tougher in the Hudson River Valley during the Great Depression, so penniless sister-and-brother duo Lily and Robert Brewster are in good company. Even the much-revered chief of police in poor, tiny Voorburg has been forced to abandon his boardinghouse. But there's something even more sinister going on around town.

Comments

Just noting that I read it. This is one of my brain candy reads. I nice light cozy mystery that takes place after the Crash.

The cat who had 60 whiskers

Title: The cat who had 60 whiskers

Author:Braun, Lilian Jackson.

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

CIP The columnist Jim Qwilleran and his cats probe a mystery in the 29th "Cat Who" book.

Comments

I love the Cat Who series. They are nice cozy fun mysteries. It is one of the reasons I moved back north. I am not sure what happened to Ms. Braun, but this was not her best. It felt unfinished and left too many things unfinished. The barn just burns and Qwill is okay with this? Polly goes to Paris and decides to not return? Are you kidding me?

These have been topics of discussion in the library as people who love the series. I personally keep waiting for the "just kidding, it wasn't finished," note. I guess it isn't coming.

Monkeewrench by Tracy, P.J..

Title: Monkeewrench
Author: Tracy, P.J.
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s

Comments

CIP
When a killer starts imitating, down to the last detail, the events occurring on Monkeewrench, a new computer game, a rural Wisconsin sheriff, 2 Minneapolis police detectives, and Grace McBride's software company gang, are caught in a web of decades-old secrets that could get them all killed.


It is very rare that I get two mystery novels I can’t finish, but it happened to me this weekend. Let me make this clear, it has nothing to do with the book. The book is well written, it has a great concept, and good characters. I just hate it when chapters bounce back and forth between two different storylines. I find it frustrating and annoying. I will give this book another chance in a few weeks when I can focus on it better, but for now, it is going back on the shelf.

Open Season by Box, C.J

Title: Open Season
Author: Box, C.J.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Comments

CIP
Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden -- especially one like Joe, who won't take bribes or look the other way -- is far from popular. When he finds a local hunter outfitter dead, Joe takes it personally. And as Joe digs into the death, he discovers that the outfitter was responsible for the endangered species now living in Joe's woodpile -- news that Joe wants to keep quiet. The closer Joe gets to the truth behind the outfitter, the endangered species, and InterWest, the multinational company planning to build a natural gas pipeline across the state, the closer he comes to losing everything and everyone he holds dear.


Here is a fine example of how I don’t finish everything I start. I made it 50 pages into this book, and I just can’t finish it. I know there are people that love C.J. Box. I remember when this boo first came out and it was all some mystery readers talked about. It just isn’t my thing. I don’t particularly like to hunt or fish or whatever. I don’t particularly care for reading about Wyoming. However what I did read had a good plot and it was well written. I would recommend it to anyone.