So Sayeth the Expert...

So now that I'm a published author, I'm also apparently an expert on books. This is news to me. In the past, I'd read a great book and try to tell folks about it and they'd look at me like I was trying to sell them Amway. Now, though, I'm regularly getting asked if I can recommend any good books. Because I don't hold grudges (for long) and because I like books, here are a few good ones that I've read in the last couple of months that I'd recommend…

• Blood Ties - Lori G. Armstrong
• Out of Range - C.J. Box
• One Shot - Lee Child
• The Innocent - Harlan Coben
• Burn - Sean Doolittle
• Killing Rain - Barry Eisler
• The Small Boat of Great Sorrows - Dan Fesperman
• Hide Your Eyes - Alison Gaylin
• Still River - Harry Hunsicker
• The Death Collectors - Jack Kerley
• Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath
• Signs in the Blood - Vicki Lane
• Sacred Cows - Karen Olsen
• The Book of Bunny Suicides - Andy Riley
• Stiff - Mary Roach
• The Becoming - Jeanne Stein
• DisneyWar - James B. Stewart
• Forcing Amaryllis - Louise Ure
• Miami Blues - Charles Willeford
• The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow

There are probably some names you know and maybe some you don't - check 'em all out because they're all good. Your local independent bookstore will be able to help you find them if they don't already have them in stock. And while you're there, see if they're carrying that book about the surfing private detective…

September 2005

read August's note, What I did on My Summer Vacation
read June's note, Allow Me to Introduce...Myself