1)Three Blind Mice by Ed McBain: Calusa, Florida, where rape, murder (it's just a shout away) come together with Vietnamese & tennis pros. First one of his I've ever read; enjoyed it quite a lot - looking to read more of this Florida ones.
2)Rolling Stone Album Guide by the Editors,R.S.Magazine: Pretty much what it sounds like, but with big gaps of even well known bands. And some of the ratings were off-the-wall;eg:Thick As A Brick the worst Tull album? I think not!
3)Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler: Detectives Bryant & May chase down a Victorian secret society wreaking havoc in modern London. Not bad, but not enough to make me look for anything else he's done.
4)Dark Carnival:The Secret World Of Tod Browning by David Skal & Elias Savada: And the first secret is...his name wasn't Tod! A fascinating look at a Hollywood oddball, whose career peaked with Freaks.
5)The Walking by Bentley Little: Another creepy one; witches,dams,lakes,& revenge come together after dead people (but only certain dead people)start walking...and walking...and walking...
6)The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall: Gone With The Wind and beyond from a slave girls point of view. Not my usual stuff, but picked it up at Dollar Tree, and it was quite interesting, especially the parts that directly related to events & people from the original.
So there you have it; 3 very good ones, 2 good, 1 not so good.
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