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Originally Posted by cromag
Well, I came up with something.
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Now, back to wondering what I'll read next.
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Once again, I found myself
mostly reading short stories. One that I really liked turns out to be a "good news, bad news" story. I had Persia Walkers'
In Asbury Park, Someone Lies Waiting. I really enjoyed this story! It's a ghost story that takes place in October and is set in Asbury Park, NJ. I know Asbury Park pretty well -- and, if nothing else,
you probably know it as Bruce Springsteen's home town.
The bad news is: this story seems to be no longer available as a stand-alone short story. The good news is that it is available as part of a four story anthology over at Amazon as part of
Dark Tales: Four Ghastly Tales of Ghostly Murder. As a single this cost me $0.99 -- the four story collection currently costs $3.99 -- so, if the other three stories are as good as this one was, it's a bargain!
Next, I read Dead Madonna, by Victoria Houston. I like the Loon Lake mysteries, and this was an especially good one. I'd say it's tied with the first book in the series, Dead Angler, as my favorite. Interestingly, this ebook had some odd formatting errors. Nothing terrible -- once I read through a couple they became "invisible" -- but the other books in the series don't have them. This book came from Kobo and the others came from Barnes & Noble and Amazon, so maybe it's specific to Kobo.
I've now started Dead Hot Shot, the 9th in the series. It's also from Kobo and has the same formatting problems. But, formatting problems aside, this also is pretty good!