What are you reading the week of April 20, 2014?

[scarletwoman]

4. Thanks for starting this thread, and thanks for the Steve Hamilton reference.

I looked him up on the Fantastic Fiction site, and I must say, his Alex McKnight series definitely sounds worth checking into. Maybe once I leave Scandinavia, I'll check it out.

For now, I'm still working my way through Swedish author Liza Marklund's Annika Bengtzon series, on book #6, Last Will. I complained about the protagonist in an earlier thread here, but since I had already gotten all the books of the series from the library, I decided to keep on with it. And it has, thankfully, gotten better. I have just two more to go (one out of order) before I reach the end of what I can get from the library.

In the meantime (since the last "What are you reading?" thread), I also read Jo Nesbø's Cockroaches, which was the second book of his Harry Hole series, but only made available in the U.S. last year. It was quite good, and a great deal more of a pleasant read than most of his more recent Harry Hole books. I also read his stand-alone novel, Headhunters, which I also enjoyed.

Just today, I picked up Donna Leon's latest, By its Cover - which I'm very much looking forward to reading. I've read her entire Guido Brunetti series, and this is the newest. These are all wonderful stories, with an absolutely delightful protagonist, a Commissario of Police in Venice, Italy. (I do manage to branch out from Scandinavia now and again. )

Thanks again for the thread!