What Fiction are you reading this week, October 17, 2021?

[hermetic]

Let's get together over a cuppa books.

I'm reading Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson. This is a book about books, and bookstores, and people who read books. An homage to the thriller genre, a bookseller finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders. Anthony Horowitz calls it "Fiendish good fun." One funny thing, one of the very first pages is blank except for two words, in very tiny italics, A memoir. Then the next page says, "This story is true except that I have changed actual names to protect..." So, I thinking, "What?" But, I believe that's just part of the fun.

Listening to Laurie R. King's Night Work. I am having a bit of a hard time paying attention to it. It's not as enjoyable as her Mary Russell adventures with Sherlock, although the 'revenge ladies' is kind of a fun idea. Many dead bodies and people with reasons for revenge. Next I will take up her Lockdown, which sounds a bit more interesting.

In other news, I've sort of been binge watching New Tricks, a comedy/drama British television police procedural, available at my library. I'm up to series 5 now and loving it. It is great entertainment.

What fiction are you favoring this week?

If you are interested in that cup, or other library-themed items, have a look at
https://www.ziberstore.com/stores/libr. (I'm not affiliated, just something fun I came across the other day)