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Granddad Week and Four Mystery Series Temptations

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This week has been a Granddad week for me. It started on Sunday when i went to my first dance recital. I raised three boys and one girl and that one girl is the mother of Emma. Emma turned 3 in February and has been taking both tap and ballet lessons. Sunday was her first recital. I must say overall it was very good and Emma did great … Here is the picture they used in the introduction of the students.

Later that night we babysat Emma and Lucas for several hours as their parents went to a photo shoot for their business Rego Photography. Monday my son and Logan the son of my third son Peter came and we played cards from 2:45 to 4:45.

Finally, last night we went to my oldest grandson Oliver’s Spring Band Concert. Oliver is 12 and is in 6th grade. The concert was very good.

The result of all of the above is that we missed Senior Tuesday and its 15% off this week. But we still made a trip to the Audoubon NJ Goodwill this morning, The vinyl today was the same ones I left last week after my pretty good haul and the books were the same too. I did find some that I must have passed over last week.

Today’s Goodwill Book Mini-Haul – Four Mystery Series Temptations

Today's Four Mystery Series Temptations Books

“I” is for Innocent – Sue Grafton

While I have never read a Kinsey Milhone book, I acknowledge the groundbreaking nature of her work. Wuthout her work I may never have read books from the likes of Laura Lippman, Carol O’Connell, Kathy Reichs or even Karin Slaughter!

And that’s why I have been collecting the Kinsey Milhone series. With the addition of “I” is for Innocent I ever have 11 of the series books!

The Eighth Sister – Robert Dugoni

Robert Dugoni is another of those authors whose books I should be reading but haven’t. Dugoni has two main series the Tracy Crosswhite series and the David Sloane series. The Eighth Sister appears to be a standalone featuring former CIA case worker Charles Jenkins.

Hundred-Dollar Baby – Robert B Parker

I read my first Spenser novel back in 1987. It was The Judas Goat Spenser #5. I also read Taming a Sea-Horse in 1987 it was Spenser #13. Subsequently I have never read another Spenser book even though I enjoyed the books ans characters!

Hundred Dollar Baby is Spenser #34! It was released in 2006 four years prior of his sudden death in 2010. The last Spenser novel written by Robert B Parker and his assistant was SixKill published in 2011. From 2012 t0 2022 Ace Atkins wrote 10 Spenser books. In 2023 Mike Lupica began writing the books and has since added 4 books to the series. The latest released in 2026 is Framed (Spenser #54)! Anyway I hope maybe Hundred Dollar Baby can get me back into the series!

A Cold Day for Murder – Dana Stabenow

One of the author’s who may have benefited from the success of Sue Grafton was Dana Stabenow. A Cold Day for Murder is the first book in the now 23 book series featuring Kater Shugak. This is another series that I should have read but didn’t I blieve I have a copy of this book but where it is I know Not! Anyway the copy i bought was released in 2023 so it has the feel of a new book! So maybe I can trick myself into reading it!

But considering that Kate is a native Alaskan ex-DA investigator who lives on a 160 -acre homestead in a generic nationa park in Alaska with her half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt; I should love this series!!

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Thursday Update:

I am now finishing this post on Thursday after working this morning at Target! I din’t finish it last night becasue Zoe my sceond oldest grandchild only 6 months younger than Oliver had HER Spring Band concert. She plays saxophone and had a short solo in the third song! She was also named The Rising Star of the 6th grade band by the Music Teacher. Go Zoe! The best thingabout last night’s concert though is that the school is in the same block as our house so it was a short trip home!

Kenzie & Gennaro – The 6 Book Series from Dennis Lehane

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Dennis Lehane wrote the first five Kenzie & Gennaro books between 1994 and 1999. I didn’t discover these books until 2002. However, once I did I read all five books in the first four months of 2002! I had to wait 8 more years until he wrote book 6 in the series! Check it out here!

Needless to say I can’t recommend these books highly enough!

A Drink Before the War – Kenzie & Gennaro #1

A Drink Before the War - The first Kenzie & Gennaro books from DEnnis Lehane

A Drink Before the War was my introduction to the gritty, dark world of Boston PIs Kenzie and Gennaro. my post-read thoughts……

From My Reading Journal.

Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro Boston PIs investigating some disappearing documents – leads to child pornography and gang warfare. Great characters. I can’t wait to find another……

From Goodreads (for Context)

Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston-they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna, however, is easy compared to staying alive once they’ve got her. The investigation escalates, implicating members of Jenna’s family and rival gang leaders while uncovering extortion, assassination, and child prostitution extending from bombed-out ghetto streets to the highest levels of government. More at Goodreads

Read in February of 2002 and it didn’t take long! In March on 20th of 2002 I read DarknesTake My Hand

Lehane won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel for A Drink Before the War

Darkness Take My Hand – Kenzie & Gennaro #2

From My Reading Journal:

For whatever reason my only comment was Another Kenzie and Gennaro book

From Goodreads:

For Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My Hand, a terrifying tale of redemption.

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro’s latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist, running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they’ve seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate. More at Goodreads

The novel was a finalist for the 1997 Dilys Award.

I finished Book #2 on March 2oth of 20002 and started the next book on the same day!

Sacred – Kenzie & Gennaro #3

Sacred - A Kenzie & Genaro Book

From My Reading Journal:

Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are hired to find the daughter of Desiree Stone by Trevor Stone.- gone to greif counseling over the death of her mother and boyfriend – along the was PI Jay Becker dies – good couldn’t put down the book! again the characters are great.

Goodreads Description (for context):

Dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to find his missing daughter. Grief-stricken over the death of her mother and the impending death of her father, Desiree Stone has been missing for three weeks. so has the first investigator Stone hired to find her: Jay Becker, Patrick’s mentor.

Patrick and Angie are led down a trail of half-truths and corruption where nothing is what it seems as the detectives travel from the windblown streets of Boston to the sizzling beaches of Florida’s Gulf coast. And the more Patrick and Angie discover, the more they realize that on this case any wrong step will certainly be their last. More at Goodreads

Oops I read the next book I read was Book 5 instead of Book 4 –

Prayers for Rain – Kenzie & Gennaro # 5

From My Reading Journal

Patrick aqnd Angie face aPsychological destroyer.fter ex-client Karen Wright takes a off the top of a building, Bubba and the two take on the madman. But Who’s behind it all?

Goodreads Description (for context):

When Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as an innocent from a protected upbringing. But six months later when Karen takes her own life, Patrick is left wondering what can change so drastically and so quickly that suicide seems the only option?

Through the final weeks of a stifling summer, and with the help of his ex-partner, Angela Gennaro, and his friend, the lethally unbalanced Bubba Rogowski, Patrick enters into psychological warfare with a brilliant sociopath who, instead of merely killing his victims, prefers to make them wish they were dead. More at Goodreads

I read my next book in May of 2002 and I went backwards from book # 5 to book #4

Gone, Baby , Gone – Kenzie & Gennaro #4

From My Reading Journal

Amanda McGready kidnapped gone! Angela and Patrick trace it back to a cop who snatches baby’s for others – many twists and turns. good characters – good book!

Goodreads Description (for context):

In this “absolutely gripping” ( Chicago Tribune ) thriller, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane vividly captures the complex beauty and darkness of working-class Boston.
The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. Its territory is defined by hard heads and even harder luck; its streets are littered with the detritus of broken families, hearts, and dreams. Now one of its youngest is missing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don’t want the case. But after pleas from the child’s aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything—their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives—to find a little girl lost. More at Goodreads

Moonlight Mile – Kenzie & Gennaro Book #6

After an eight-year gap, Lehane returned to Patrick and Angie — older, married, and still haunted by Amanda McCready.! You can read my thoughts on Moonlight Mile here.

Charlie Donlea Shines in His Debut Summit Lake

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Summit Lake is Charlie Donlea’s debut novel and a smashingly great debut it is!

From Goodreads…..

Set in a small, picturesque North Carolina town, Charlie Donlea’s suspenseful debut novel tells the haunting story of a murdered law school student, the reporter assigned to her story—and the intimate connection that comes when the living walk in the footsteps of the dead.

“No suspects. No persons of interest. Just a girl who was alive one day and dead the next.” Read More

The Story

The murder victim is Becca Eckersley a first year law student and the daughter of a powerful attorney who is about to become a judge. After Becca is murdered investigator Kelsey Castle is sent by her employer Events magazine to Summit Lake to find out what happened.

Once she arrives Kelsey discovers that the murder appears to be more complex than the theory that the Feds are promoting that it was a random robbery gone bad. The story is told from dual perspectives—Becca’s in the months before her death and Kelsey’s in the present—the book is a fast-paced thriller filled with twists and intrigue. 

The story also explores the connection between the living and the dead as Kelsey walks in Becca’s footsteps, uncovering dark secrets that may help solve the crime and confront her own past. 

Bottom Line:

Summit Lake was a very good read. It took me a while to get into the story and I must admit that I found some aspects of the story somewhat implausible. Particularly the willingness of the county police chief to give police files to Kelsey.

But the overall story more than made up for those minor dislikes

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    Those Empty Eyes – Discovering Hidden Gems: Like Charlie Donlea!

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    Those Empty Eyes — Charlie Donlea

    Avid readers all have those must-read authors—the ones you grab the day a new book drops. For me: James Lee Burke, C. J. Box, and Karin Slaughter. (I keep a longer list here: Long-Time Favorite Series Still Going Strong.)

    Then there’s a second circle of authors I really like—but I sometimes miss release day and circle back months later. Charlie Donlea is squarely in that group.

    That happened with his 2023 novel Those Empty Eyes. I didn’t read it until November—and it’s another terrific, twisty ride.

    About Those Empty Eyes

    Those Empty Eyes belong to Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed for the look in her eyes the night her family was slaughtered—and she became the prime suspect. The charges are dropped and she wins a massive settlement for the botched investigation, but her life is wrecked. With no killer identified, plenty of people still think she got away with murder.

    Years later, Alexandra keeps an evidence board of everything she’s uncovered. Can it finally point to the killer? And will her work as an investigator for the law firm that won her case help her finish the search?

    Why it worked for me: propulsive pacing, a smart investigator protagonist, and that obsessive evidence-board thread that pays off.

    If Those Empty Eyes isn’t your thing, browse Charlie Donlea’s Goodreads page for his other standalones—he likes fresh setups, and you’ll likely find a premise that clicks.

    Question for you: which authors do you always find late—then kick yourself for waiting?

    Author Charlie Donlea

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    Charlie Donlea is a USA Today bestselling author often praised as “a bold new writer…on his way to becoming a major figure in the world of suspense.” He was born and raised in the Chicago area. (Bio note via Google Books.)

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    Romeo’s Way (Mike Romeo #2) – James Scott Bell

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    Book 22 – Romeo’s Way (Mike Romeo #2) – James Scott Bell

    Through the years I have had many of my favorite mystery and thriller characters whom I liked because of their wise-cracking and  often times self-deprecating nature. Mike Romeo has joined that group. In fact, he may be the current leader of the group! And with his espousing of philosophical quotes, he may be in a group all by himself. For me he may be the most interesting character in the mystery genre.

    In Romeo’s Way, Mike is hired by a political candidate, who is being accused by his opponent, of having an affair. Mike is tasked with going undercover and joining the opposition’s campaign team to discover what’s happening. And the path leading to the final solution is a wild twisting one!

    Romeo’s Way was a quick read. It was a well interesting throughout the book so the pages just flew by.

    When I went to store the book on my Goodreads shelf I saw that Romeo’s Way was the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for beat e-book original. In my opinion it is a well-deserved award.

    Additionally, while I have several books on my “to be read” library shelf, I wouldn’t be surprised if I snuck Romeo’s Hammer  book #3 in the series into the mix!! So Check it out!

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    A former trial lawyer associated with one of L.A.’s top law firms and later working out of an independent office, JAMES SCOTT BELL is now a full-time, award-winning suspense writer. He lives and writes in Los Angeles. You can visit his website at www.jamessottbell.com.

    The Boy from the Woods -Harlan Coben delivers again!

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    The Boy from the Woods - Harlan Coben

    I have been reading, all be it at a slower pace than typical during the winter months. So far, I have finished three books. I finished The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben yesterday afternoon. It’s book number 3 for 2021.

    The  book is a stand alone novel and not part of the Myron Bolitar series. However, it does feature criminal lawyer Hester Crimstein, who has made appearances in many Bolitar books

    About The Boy from the Woods

    In The Boy from the Woods Hester‘s grandson Matthew contacts her and asks her to look into the disappearance of a school mate, Naomi Pine. Naomi is an outcast and a target for relentless bullying.

    The search for Naomi brings Hester back to her home and town, where she raised her four boys. The town where her son,  Matthew‘s father lost his life in an auto accident.

    To aid in the search,  Hester contacts Wilde, the boy from the woods. Thirty years earlier, Wilde was found in the  woods living as a feral child wirth no memory of his past.  Wilde grew up in a foster home and David became his best friend.

    The search for Naomi led Wilde, and Hester to the Maynard family. Their son Crash is a classmate of Naomi and Matthew and a bullier of Naomi’s.

    The Maynard family is embroiled in a controversy revolving around tapes that may end the Presidential campaign of a pat reality show host. As the search for Naomi intensifies the two storylines collide and Wilde and Hester need to use all their wiles to figure it all out!!

    Final Thoughts

    Overall, I didn’t race though most of  The Boy from the Woods like I have in other Harlan Coben books. However, the second half of the book and the conclusion more than made up for any deficiencies of the first half of the book!

    Overall , I found Wilde to be an interesting character and certainly would like to see him in more action. It was also interesting to see Hester in her own book with only one reference to Myron!

    I did think that aspects of the book are very timely. And considering the similarity to what we saw during the Trump presidency.

    Again while I didn’t think it was Coben’s best, it’s still a 4-star book for me. I look forward know to see the Netflix show and see if the characters are anything like I imagined!!

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    Free Books at the Library Rekindle Memories of a Great Writer

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    Ok so I don’t think there are may of you under the age of 40 who can identify this iconic mystery author…..

    John D MacDonald

    John D MacDonald

    Yes, it is the great John D MacDonald, author of the also great Travis McGee series. MacDonald died 1986 at the age of 70. He left behind a legacy that included 21 books featuring Travis McGee.

    Now I must say that I haven’t read a John D MacDonald book since, well probably 1986. And since, I didn’t start keeping a record of the books I read until 1987. I really can’t remember all of the Travis McGee books I read.

    Now why am I bringing up John D McDonald today? It’s because yesterday, when I left the library with the new books I had checked out, I went back into the library to check out the free books. Among those books I found three hardback Travis McGee books with their beat up and worn dust jackets. Here they are in the order of their release.

     

    No 5 – A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)

     

    No. 7 Darker Than Amber (1966)

     

     

    No. 19 – Free Fall in Crimson (1981)

    Now the main reason that I picked up the books is I love the cover, particularly, the two from the 1960s. Another reason is that I loved the Travis McGee books and I never read any of the early books. I believe I started reading the series at around book 16 The Dreadful Lemon Sky released in 1974. So I think it would be interesting to read the first two books at least from above.

    Here are two interesting facts about the series. . First,  while the books are mysteries, Travis McGee was neither a police officer nor a private detective. He is a self-described “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ property for a fee of 50%. The other is that a color always appears in the title of the book.

    Here’s what Kurt Vonnegut wrote about the books on the cover of  A Deadly Shade of Gold

    To diggers a thousand years from now…..the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb Tutankhamen.

    I don’t know it I’d go that far but I do think that 40 to 50 years later the Travis McGee books from John D. MacDonald are still worth checking out. Especially if they’re  free!

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    Michael Koryta – How It Happened is a Winner!

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    How It Happened - Michael Koryta

    Originally posted June 2018 Revised Updated April 2026

    A Goodreads friend always opens her reviews with the first sentence of the book being reviewed. I thought of her, when I started Michael Koryta’s latest book.

    First Sentence: I’d never seen him before the day we killed him.

    The Story

    That statement comes from the confession of. Kimberly Crepeaux to the double murder of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly in the Maine town of Port Hope. Kimberly gave her confession to FBI special agent Rob Barrett. Barrett had been assigned the case because of his interview skills. Additionally, he has past connections to Post Hope. Barrett spent his summers with his grandfather in the town and his former girlfriend reporter Liz Smith lives nearby.

    In her confession Kimberly told Barrett how the murders happened. According to Kimberly, the  murders happened on a night when she was cruising with Cass Odom and Mathias Burke. The trio is drunk and high when they kill Jackie accidentally. They then murdered Ian, the only witness to the crime. 

    Because Burke was hard-working owner of a lawn and house care service and Kimberly a druggie, no one in town except Barrett, believed Kimberly’s story.  All Barrett needs to close the case are the bodies.

    At this point I don’t want to give away more of the plot but two questions arise.

    First, Will finding the bodies confirm Kimberly’s story?  

    Secondly, Will not finding the bodies destroy Barrett’s career? All BECAUSE he still believes her story?

    Bottom Line:  

    I have read many of Koryta’s books both his stand alone novels like The Program and Those Who Wish Me Dead. along with several of his Lincoln Perry series books. And they are all good reads.

    However, I think I like this one the most. I just loved the way the story flowed. When I first started the book which begins with Kimberly’s confession, I thought where does he go from here. Well, from there he spun a wonderful tale. A tale that proved you may think you have it all figured out,but in reality you don’t know jack!!

    The bottom line Is that Michael Koryta’s books keep getting better and better. And  in my opinion How It Happened may be his best work yet! Additionally, I think he may have created in Rob Barrett and Liz Smith characters that we may see again. At least I hope so. Actually, I hope we will see Lincoln Perry and Mark Novak (Rise the Dark and Last words) again!

    Here’s what author Nelson DeMille writes about How It Happened.…

    “Michael Koryta is one hell of a writer, and HOW IT HAPPENED is one hell of a murder mystery. It’s a tribute to Koryta’s craftsmanship and skill that the reader…can’t put the book down until the last layer of the onion is peeled away to reveal the truth at the core of this gripping tale…. A remarkable achievement that rises high above the genre.”

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    About Michael Koryta

    Michael Koryta is a New York Times-bestselling author whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages and has won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar® Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and the Golden Dagger. They’ve been selected as “best books of the year” by numerous publications.

     

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    Victim Without a Face – Stefan Ahnhem is a Winner!

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    Victim Without a Face – Stefan Ahnhem

    Victim Without a Face is the first book in the Fabian Risk series from Swedish writer Stefan Ahnhem. I stumbled across this series when I was in the library last week.I found it when I was looking through the new releases, and the book , The 9th Grave caught my eye.

    Once I saw the book was a Swedish mystery novel I figured it would be something I would like. However,  I saw  it was the second book in the series. Since there are only book two in the series, I figured I should go back and start with book one. Checking  the library catalog I discovered book one , Victim Without a Face was checked  in at the branch of the library I was in. So I checked it out!

    Guess what I was correct, not only did I like it,  it may be the favorite book I’ve read this year! The only bad thing is I didn’t check out The 9th Grave. So I’ll have to get it on my next trip to the library.

    About Victim Without a Face

    In Victim Without a Face Detective Fabian Risk and his family have moved back to Risk’s hometown and into a firestorm.  Risk is scheduled to start his new job in a month, but upon his arrival in town, his new boss  asks him to help on a new murder case. He’s  asked to help is because the victims were  in Fisk’s class at school.

    Soon there’s a second murder and once again the victim is one of Fisk’s classmates. Since both victims had bullied the same student, were their murders revenge? But when the killings continue the question becomes: Has the motive, changed to  the elimination  of all of the class? Catching the killer becomes frustrating as he appears to always be one step ahead of the police! So, can Risk stop the killer before he reaches his goal?

    Bottom Line

    In my opinion, Victim Without a Face is awesome.. Therefore, I give it a 5-star Rating. I liked everything about the book. While the book is fairly long, close to 600 pages, Ahnhem’s storytelling kept me turning the pages at a rapid clip. Hell,I just didn’t want to put the book down.

    I also thought the character development throughout the entire book was top-notch, not only Fabian Risk, but all of the minor characters such as,  Dunja Hougaard a member of the Copenhagen police force, and others as well.

    So I’ll leave you with the words of Tony Parson,Author of The Murder Man….

    ”As good as any thriller to come out of Scandinavia over the last ten years. Stefan Ahnhem is more gripping than Jo Nesbo, blacker than Stieg Larson, and more bleakly human than Henning Mankiller. This is high-octane Scandinavian crime that knows where all the bodies are buried”

    So Check it Out! As for me I just checked out The 9th Grave from my library and can’t wait to return to the world of Fabian Risk!!

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    The Shadow District Begins a New Series from Arnaldur Indridason

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    The Shadow District – Reykjavik Wartime Mystery #1

    The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason is book one in his new Reykjavik Wartime Mystery series.

    Indridason is the author of the excellent Detective Erlender series. However, I must admit that while I have loved the series books I have read, I have fallen behind in the series. As a result, I often forget about the series. Can out say once again “too many books too little time”.

    Anyway, when I saw The Shadow District in the library and discovered it was book one in a new series It was a no brainer to check it out.

    The Shadow District: Plot

    The story unravels in two tine periods. The first is the present. Where the police have discovered a ninety year-old man killed in his own bed, smothered by his own pillow. In the room former police Detective Konrad finds two newspaper clippings. The clippings are about a murder that occurred in wartime Reykjavik. The murder occurred in a rough part of town known as “ the shadow district” A place Konrad knows well because it’s where he grew up!

    The second time period is wartime Reykjavik.  In that time period, the body of a murdered young woman is stumbled upon by a young Icelandic girl and her US Army boyfriend.  Soon the murder is being investigated by an American Military Police inspector and an Icelandic Detective.

    In order to solve the murder of the old man in the present day Reykjavik , Konrad must solve the unsolved wartime murder.

    The book’s chapters alternate between present day Reykjavik and Konrad’s investigation and wartime Reykjavik and the two detective’s investigation.

    Bottom Line

    Typically, I read several books at one time. However, I must say that once I started The Shadow District I didn’t want to leave Reykjavik until I knew the solutions two both murders.

    As always, I thought  Indridason created a great story populated with some great characters.  It is however hard for me to see who will be the lead character going forward. If it is the Wartime Reykjavik series. I assume it will be either Thorson the Army military police officer or Flovent his Icelandic counterpart. If  though the stories are told in flashbacks Konrad could be the lead character, supported by the current police detective Marta.

    Either way, I am certain it will be a tight well-written story. A story  populated by believable and interesting characters. I am looking forward to The Shadow District’s sequel!!

    EKK Rating 4.00. Goodreads Rating: 3.69

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    Book # 10 for 2018

    P.S. Note to self – start reading the Erlender series again!!