More books since September 4.

The Associate by John Grisham. This is a good story about a law school graduate who is blackmailed into joining a prestigious law firm to spy on another law firm. Fortunately there are no courtroom scenes.

The Body of David Hayes by Ridley Pearson. The author is always good for a "page-turner" and this one is that but it has too many twists and turns that distract from the story. It's not his best.

Nightlife by Thomas Perry. Catherine Hobbes is a Portland, OR detective trying to track a killer who changes identity seemingly at will. The killer kills only when it is inconvenient to let a paricular person live.

Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson. I lke Pearson even if he occasionally misses (see above). This one is the latest of his Killer series with Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming. Walt has to deal with all sorts of problems and distractions with family, love-life, FBI, etc. while trying to solve a crime.

Brimstone by Robert B. Parker. This the third and last of a western series (Appaloosa and Resolution) with Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. These two know each other so well they can converse with one-word sentences. Everett is the narrator and he's like an old western Spenser (see below).

Chance by Robert B. Parker. I finished Brimstone during the first day of a three-day mini vacation in Maine so I picked Chance off the shelf of old paperbacks at our host's guest cabin and started reading. It was vaguely familiar but I've read so many of Parker's Spenser novels that I wasn't sure I'd read it. I didn't remember how it ended so I finished it. I went into my "Books Read" list and discovered that I read it last May.