Thin Air (Jessica Shaw, #1)

by Lisa Gray

Outside in the parking lot, the temperature had hit the high eighties, and the heat from the steaming blacktop burned through the soles of her sneakers.

Simi Valley doesn't steam, it's an arid climate.

He had paced for a while under the motel’s big vertical sign, its red letters and white background glowing soft and hazy and dreamlike under the thick smog.

Okay. It's 1980s L.A., not China 2022. You would need SO MUCH SMOG for this to be true. Otherwise you're probably in Mendocino and dealing with fog.

GI Jane

GI Jane wasn't out in 1992.

It was a gorgeous day, with clear blue skies overhead

Good thing that smog cleared up

They crossed the parking lot, weaving their way past students of all ages and cultures wearing tank tops and cutoffs and summer dresses and holding book bags and paper-filled binders.

Binders. In 2019?