Barry's June (busting out all over)

[BarryP]

Lost a week of reading to the annual cross country motorcycle trip. Easy one for me, we decided on Ohio.

Snowstorm in August: Marshall Karp
Karp, freed of his servitude to Patterson brings his NYPD RED crew onto new ground fighting a drug lord while resolving a number of sub plots. Good action, lots to keep up your interest. (A-)

The Secret Witness: Victor Methos
Amazon 1st. Half the book is the hunt for the killer, half is the trial. The protagonists are a female sheriff and an ex prosecutor who was stabbed at his last trial, and is now a partial invalid. I’ll credit this with not just being a good murder mystery, but in going places that other similar books do not. (B+)

I, Michael Bennett: Ledwidge/Patterson
The cop with 10 kids and too many romance issues goes toe to toe with a cartel leader. (B+)

Gone: Ledwidge/Patterson
Continuation of I, Michael Bennett (B+)

Burn: Ledwidge/Patterson
Michael Bennett in search of cannibals in NY. (B+)

The Steal:Mark Bowden/Matthew Teague
Non Fiction- the story of the Trump effort to overturn the 2020 election. (B+)

What Happened to the Bennets: Lisa Scottoline
A suburban mystery. A few twists and turns, but I had trouble suspending disbelief for this one. Story revolves around a mobster killing a man;s daughter during a carjacking, and the conspiracies that followed. (B)

The Burglar in the Library: Lawrence Block
A real cozy, where 2 feet of snow fall, the telephone lines are cut and the bridge out is sabotaged, and members of the company present start getting killed off one by one. (B)

A Game of Birds and Wolves: Simon Parken
Non fiction. The efforts of the British, using game theory, to find a strategy to defeat the U boat menace (B)

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: Joshua Ferris
A quirky book about a dentist who finds his identity being stolen piece by piece by a man who only wishes to help him find himself. Interesting concept of an atheist who wants to convert to Judaism to become an atheist Jew, and for you Boston types, devotion to the Red Socks; hatred for the Yankees, and a shout out to the Chicago Cubs. (B)

Category 5: Philip Donaly
Why not use a nuclear bomb to stop a hurricane? (B-)

[Bonnie]

I don't know any of your books but I hope you had a great motorcycle vacation. My husband has a Goldwing trike now (was a Harley originally when we were young) and has done long motorcycle trips. We did a beach trip together once (5 hour trip) had a breakdown coming back and luckily he had a friend with a truck/trailer who kindly came and got us. I do love day trips around the Blueridge Parkway (local to us)

[Dawn]

I was just sent The Russian which is #13 in the Michael Bennet series. I hadn't even heard of this series. I'm not a good read out of order person...but can it be done? Well, I'm sure it can, but is it better to start at the beginning?

[Sherry]

still a good month, barry. i have the bennetts on my tbr list

[JasonReads]

I learned two important things because of this post:

1. Marshall Karp is 80, which is about 40 years older than I thought he was. He's actually older than Patterson.
2. There are seven NYPD Red books! I thought there were only like four. I read the first one and liked it, but never progressed further because the library's sole copy was out of circulation due to repairs.

[Ann]

Barry: great month and even with the trip taking away a week of reading, quite impressive. I selected The Secret Witness as my June Amazon first free book and haven't gotten to it yet. Looks like I need to move it up.
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour does sound quirky!

Barry wrote: "Lost a week of reading to the annual cross country motorcycle trip. Easy one for me, we decided on Ohio.

The Secret Witness: Victor Methos
Amazon 1st. Half the book is the hunt for the killer, half is the trial. The protagonists are a female sheriff and an ex prosecutor who was stabbed at his last trial, and is now a partial invalid. I’ll credit this with not just being a good murder mystery, but in going places that other similar books do not. (B+)"

[BarryP]

Dawn wrote: "I was just sent The Russian which is #13 in the Michael Bennet series. I hadn't even heard of this series. I'm not a good read out of order person...but can it be done? Well, I'm sure it can, but i..."
I am one of those read in order types. The books do contain references to things past, and some of them are sequels to previous books, so you take a chance going out of order. I would add to that that the series has had some author changes, also might affect order.

[Dan in AZ]

Nice month and another long road trip without a highway face plant.

[Carol/Bonadie]

Glad you have a good road trip. I'm reminded of former poster Lorraine/Brakedrum who would tell us about her motorcycle road trips with her husband.

The Burglar in the Library sounds good, as do several others on your list. You're also reminding me of another book about the Trump presidency that I've been meaning to read.

[BarryP]

I remember Brakedrum, and corresponded with her a bit after her husband passed. Hope she is doing well.

[Dawn]

Barry wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I was just sent The Russian which is #13 in the Michael Bennet series. I hadn't even heard of this series. I'm not a good read out of order person...but can it be done? Well, I'm sure ..."

Don't have to tell me twice....I'll start at the beginning! LOL..I don't like reading out of order anyway ;)

[Ann]

I hope so too Barry.
Barry wrote: "I remember Brakedrum, and corresponded with her a bit after her husband passed. Hope she is doing well."

[Jacquelyn Schingeck]

I just finished Ambush which is a Michael Bennett and it was excellent. Prior to that I read the 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle but I am not sure why. It was confusing after chapter 1 but I assumed it would start to come together. At the halfway point I was even more confused but since I had invested so much time I decided I needed to get to the conclusion. At the end I was still confused. Anyone else read this?
I also finished The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer. Very good. There were several stories going on at the same time but he kept all of them moving forward without the reader having any difficulty keeping several stories moving along.