What Fiction are you reading this week, June 6, 2021?

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47. I haven't posted for while, so here's catching up.

Some books I've read the past few weeks and am reading now.

Listening to Bill Pronizini/Marcia Muller, The Bughouse Affair. Private eyes at work in San Francisco in 1894. Entertaining, well written. Pronzini is beyond prolific, and I think undertaking to read everything he's written would extend beyond my lifetime. Very impressive. No reason for starting here other than that they are available from the library on audio. Fun listen. I think I may start in on The Nameless Detective; that should take a while as there are about 40 of them since 1971.

Reading Prodigal Son, the latest entry in Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X series. These are super thrillers. The Orphan program was a US government program to train assassins from a young age. Orphan X was particularly good, and prolific, but he wants out. He's become the Nowhere Man, who helps people. Still kills, but only those who need killing. Rooting for the ex-assassin.
Page turners.

Peter Grainger's DC Smith Series. Listened to the first three. Forgot to download the 4th so waiting on that one before moving on. A nice twist on the usual British police procedural. DS Dave Smith used to be DCI Smith but was demoted and is now working for a woman who he used to supervise. Only allusions to why he was demoted, nothing firm yet. He's a great cop and has fun doing what he's doing. In his 50s and considering retirement. Lots of fun with the age issues and crime solving in the era of increasingly high tech and supremely bureaucratic systems. Good reads. Looking forward to resuming when the 4th book becomes available.

John Sandford, Ocean Prey. Number gazillion in the Lucas Davenport series. This guy can write. This could be his best. It went on a bit long, but for good reason as it turns out, so although there's a point where you just wish he would just wrap it up, it gets a second wind. He did kill off one of his characters (won't say who since there are probably some fans readying this), which was upsetting. With books like this I volunteer to my wife to take long drives for minor errands just to keep listening.