Thursday, May 17, 2018

April's Books





The Knowledge: a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes

When cabbie Robbie Parsons’ picks up a fair outside a trendy night spot, he isn’t prepared to see an attractive couple gunned down in front of him—how could things get worse? The shooter hops in Robbie’s cab, and calmly asks him to drive around for a bit. When he drops off his fare at a train station, he calls upon a group of street urchins to follow the man until he can call the police. One of the street kids, a ten year old girl named Patty Haigh, follows the shooter to the airport and onto a plane to Kenya. Richard Jury, who has coincidently met the victims the night before, calls on his old friend Melrose Plant to go to Kenya to find out about the shooter. Plant, who shudders at the thought of “glamping” in a wildlife preserve, crosses paths with Patty, and discovers the identity of the man. The best parts of the book are the interactions between Melrose Plant and the crafty Patty, who never lets truth get in the way of a good scheme. An entertaining, fun read.
 


Girl Unknown by Karen Perry
The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George
Fire and Fury: inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
Altered to Death by Christina Freeburn
Someone's Mad at the Hatter by by Sandra Breitling
The Knowledge by Martha Grimes

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