Stepping in the Write Direction

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osmon is as entertaining as all the other books in this series I‘ve read. I love the usual suspects, who are the neighbors and “partners in crime” solving murders and hunting down criminals together despite their living in a retirement community. I appreciate way Osmon spins his tales, always turning corners when you least expect it, and very engrossing. This mystery involves a Bitcoin account that has accrued a massive amount of value, as the initial $20,000 should now be worth over $300 million, and the couple who were joint account holders finally decide to take profits…and pretty soon people go missing, bombs are discovered, and an investment insider turns up dead.  In the early pages of this book recurring character Elizabeth is still coming to terms with her husband’s death and friend Bogdan makes a comment to her,   “‘You look happier. Not happy but happier.’ ‘They don’t tell you, Bogdan, no one tells you.’ ‘About death?’ ‘About death,’...

The Kind Worth Killing by Pete Swanson is one wild weird ride of a book! Weird in a good way, as you might say to an author who wrote a book that was full of surprises (including even limericks written by a character), “I like your weird brain very much!”   The ending is unexpected, and It looks like Lily’s plea deal is about to get bulldozed  along with her favorite meadow which holds some of her deepest secrets, a result of the new property owner’s landscaping project.  The book opens with Ted Severson and  Lily Kintner having a chance encounter in an airport, discovering they’re to be on the same flight which has been delayed, and having a drink in the lounge. He’s attracted to her, “ She was beautiful—long red hair, eyes a lucid greenish blue like tropical waters, and skin so pale it was the almost bluish white of skim milk.” They begin a conversation, “‘What are you reading?’ she asked. ‘The newspaper. I don’t really like books.’ ‘So what do you do on fligh...