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Two books into my month of no SF&F:
The Four Last Things - Timothy Hallinan. Fairly unoriginal LA private eye novel featuring a cultish religion, but I liked the characters and enjoyed the book. And I can't argue with the price, since it was a freebie.
Battle Flag - Bernard Cornwell. The third book in the Starbuck series, set in the US Civil War. I don't know much about the war, so I'm not much spoilered by actual history. I've been meaning to read this for years, since I read the first two. I don't like all of Cornwell's stuff, I think it depends on the historical period he is working with, but I have found this series to be up there with Sharpe.
My daily short stories are mainly coming from the Mammoth Book of Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, which should last me a while, although I did also read a standalone freebie from Tess Gerritsen, which was kind of lightweight.
On to Murder on the Orient Express, next. One of the very small number of Agatha Christie books where I definitely know who did it, and I don't know how that will affect my reading.
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