Sucker Bet – James Swain Midnight Rambler – James Swain
I was delighted to find these two on my Kindle when I wasn’t expecting to. I found the first one a little harder to get into because it was part of the author’s Tony Valentine series. Set in a world of gambling, casinos and card cheats. Not a world that particularly interests me. But the characters got me through.
I was much more interested in the second – another in the Jack Carpenter series and much more to my taste.
The King of Lies – John Hart
This was tough going for a while. The hero was so unrelentingly miserable, full of self-loathing and self-pity that I have never so strongly felt like shaking someone hard and being so utterly frustrated that I couldn't. I spent most of the first third of the book with a sore jaw from clenching my teeth tight as I read. But I’m glad I persevered, because this turned out to be a very good thriller in the end.
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
