I've come across a couple good ones lately worth sharing.
THE DAWN PATROL by Don Winslow: Winslow's THE POWER OF THE DOG was my
favorite book of 2005 and I've tried to read as much by him as
possible since then. THE POWER OF THE DOG was so big and ambitious
that I expected the next one from Winslow (THE WINTER OF FRANKIE
MACHINE) to be scaled back a bit, but its canvas is just about as broad.
With THE DAWN PATROL, Winslow does scale back a bit, using the San
Diego surf community as a great backdrop for a somewhat skewed take on
a P.I. story.
One of my favorite elements of any Winslow book is the way he tells
stories throughout the book about the various characters that pop up,
and THE DAWN PATROL offers this abundantly.
THE ANCIENT RAIN by Domenic Stansberry: I loved this one. Very dark
and sinister. This is book three in the Dante Mancuso P.I. series, yet
it reads like a standalone. I thought the political angle to this one
enhanced the book by offering no quarter to any side of the political
spectrum.
On deck: LEATHER MAIDEN by Joe R. Lansdale and also looking forward to
the latest from Connelly and Lehane next month.
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