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ATDrake · 10-17-2016, 03:14 AM

Finished The X-Files: Skin, a vintage tie-in novel by Ben Mezrich, who's had an interesting career trajectory for a tie-in author, what with him getting famous off of thinly-veiled non-fiction about card-counting casino-hacking gamblers, one of which I read a few years ago when it was in a Humble Bundle. Anyway, this was a decent casefile with a blend of the military-industrial complex conspiracy and the weird creature angles, with a visit to exotic locales to sort it all out.

Also read Chris Ould's The Blood Strand, 1st in his Faroes series of faux-Nordic Noir Britcrime novels. Back when I started reading Michael Ridpath's Fire & Ice series starring a Detective Magnus Jonson aka Magnús Ragnarsson, US-raised Icelandic childhood immigrant Boston cop returned to his formerly home island to deal with a local mystery and also untangle some crime stuff involving his estranged extended family and tragically prematurely deceased mother and father, I thought that was likely to be a more-or-less unique reading experience since that was a pretty niche setup for a police procedural premise.

Turns out I was only partially right, since apparently the niche has enough space that this can star DI Jan Reyna aka Jan Reyná (with an accent), Intrepid Expat Faroese-British Midlands to Tórshavn Cop, who was indeed looking into some crime stuff involving his estranged father and extended family and tragically prematurely deceased mother. I actually rather like fish-out-of-water cross-cultural cross-jurisdiction buddy cop stuff like Due South, Keen Eddie, and Bon Cop, Bad Cop, so I rather enjoyed this one, on top of a decent mystery set in the Faroe Islands, which are a pretty rare setting for any form of fiction. (Coincidentally, the last time I did read about them in a novel, it was another crime story, as a brief visit during the 3rd Ava Lee mystery.)

Anyway, I'm glad that not only did I buy it on impulse during a Kobo coupon sale, but also that according to the "coming soon" blurbs in the back, a 2nd and 3rd novel are already scheduled for publication, even if the latter won't be out until 2018.

10-17-2016, 03:14 AM	#24773
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Finished The X-Files: Skin, a vintage tie-in novel by Ben Mezrich, who's had an interesting career trajectory for a tie-in author, what with him getting famous off of thinly-veiled non-fiction about card-counting casino-hacking gamblers, one of which I read a few years ago when it was in a Humble Bundle. Anyway, this was a decent casefile with a blend of the military-industrial complex conspiracy and the weird creature angles, with a visit to exotic locales to sort it all out. Also read Chris Ould's The Blood Strand, 1st in his Faroes series of faux-Nordic Noir Britcrime novels. Back when I started reading Michael Ridpath's Fire & Ice series starring a Detective Magnus Jonson aka Magnús Ragnarsson, US-raised Icelandic childhood immigrant Boston cop returned to his formerly home island to deal with a local mystery and also untangle some crime stuff involving his estranged extended family and tragically prematurely deceased mother and father, I thought that was likely to be a more-or-less unique reading experience since that was a pretty niche setup for a police procedural premise. Turns out I was only partially right, since apparently the niche has enough space that this can star DI Jan Reyna aka Jan Reyná (with an accent), Intrepid Expat Faroese-British Midlands to Tórshavn Cop, who was indeed looking into some crime stuff involving his estranged father and extended family and tragically prematurely deceased mother. I actually rather like fish-out-of-water cross-cultural cross-jurisdiction buddy cop stuff like Due South, Keen Eddie, and Bon Cop, Bad Cop, so I rather enjoyed this one, on top of a decent mystery set in the Faroe Islands, which are a pretty rare setting for any form of fiction. (Coincidentally, the last time I did read about them in a novel, it was another crime story, as a brief visit during the 3rd Ava Lee mystery.) Anyway, I'm glad that not only did I buy it on impulse during a Kobo coupon sale, but also that according to the "coming soon" blurbs in the back, a 2nd and 3rd novel are already scheduled for publication, even if the latter won't be out until 2018.