Books - I have read this week.

Problems with my phone line have kept me from being on Gather as much as I would like. So I have been reading more than I usually do . Here are four books I enjoyed very much during the past week.

Lost Lake - by Phillip Margolin

This is a crime thriller about the misuse of Special Forces during and after the Vietnam War by an unscrupulous former and now ex-general who is running for president. The story has well-drawn characters - good guys and bad guys and some that are a little of both. It is pretty gory, but the story moves along rapidly, and I had a hard time putting it down to do anything else. I was not very well acquainted with the author, Phillip Margolin, but because I liked this book so much I have ordered four more by him in large print from my local library. He is the author of other New York Times best sellers.

 The Alias Man - by Bill Pronzini

This is the story of a charming con man who marries rich women who all resemble each other. He stays with them about four years during which time he is a perfect husband and lover while absconding with their money before he fakes his death or just walks out , and her research turns up other wives he has never divorced. They join forces and flush him out to be prosecuted. I always like books by Bill Pronzini and was not disappointed with this one.

Fever - by Bill Pronzini 

This is one of Pronzini's Nameless Detective Novels, and it takes up the subject of addicted gamblers. This story concerns the wife of a man who is going bankrupt from his wife's insatiable appetite for on-line gambling. There are twists and turns in the story that kept me interested enough that I read it in one day. It also educated me in how bad a gambling addiction can be. Lucky for me with so many Indian casinos near me, I am not enticed even a little bit by gambling

And last but not least -

The Shunning -  by Beverly Lewis

 This is a story that would probably be interesting more to women than to men. It is about a young Amish woman who is scheduled to marry a widowed Amish bishop who has four children. When she finds a fancy satin baby dress in a trunk in the attic, her curiosity uncovers the fact that she was adopted. This changes her life when she reacts in a way that causes her to be 'shunned' by the whole Amish community.

This is the first book in a series of three. I got on the phone and ordered the other two books from the library today. Luckily they have them in large print.

So there you have four more books that I enjoyed and will add to my list of books I have read. I keep a list so I won't choose books I have already read when I go to the library. But at my age if I have read a book over five years ago I probably have forgotten it enough that I can read it and enjoy it again. Senility isn't all bad, you know.