Book Reviews & Lists

    I love a good mystery – especially well done series.  Here are my favorite mystery series by male authors:

• Craig Johnson – First book…Cold Dish. Features Walt Longmire, veteran sheriff in Absaroka County, Wyoming with a great cast of supporting characters.  Think Janet Evanovich meets Tony Hillerman.
• Lee Child – First book…Killing floor. Features Jack Reacher, ex-military policeman in the USA.  Jack has a white knight complex, always righting any wrongs to those he knows, and even those he doesn’t. 
• Randy Wayne White – First book…Sanibel flats. Features Marion “Doc” Ford, ex-operative, marine biologist in Sanibel Island, Florida. Doc and his hippie friend Tomlinson get into all sorts of situations, some on land, some on water.
• Philip Craig – First book…A beautiful place to die. Features Jefferson “J. W.” Jackson 30-something ex-Boston cop, in Martha’s Vineyard.  JW would rather be fishing, but trouble always finds him.     
• John Dunning – First book…Booked to die. Features Cliff Janeway, a cop and rare book expert, in Denver, Colorado. Who knew solving murders dealing with the book world could be such a page turner?!  This guy knows his books, too.
   

Submitted by Alison Boutaugh, Thompson Public Library