The Outsider, by Stephen King

• Title:  The Outsider
• Author:  Stephen King
• Borrowed from Fairfax County, VA Public Library (Audiobook)
• Started: 1/26/2020
• Finished: 1/30/2020

Listened to this one more for Will Patton's narration than Stephen King's writing.  Entertaining but not particularly scary.  

Rumpole's Return, by John Mortimer

Title: Rumpole's Return

Author: John Mortimer

Purchased hardback used from Amazon.com

Started: fall 2019

Finished: 1/26/2020

I'd been nursing this one for a while but finally really started reading it this weekend. Enjoyable Rumpole novel. 

A Catskill Eagle, by Robert B. Parker

Title: A Catskill Eagle

Author: Robert B. Parker

Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 1/24/2020

Finished: 1/26/2020

Enjoyable but a bit off Spenser novel. 

Ceremony, by Robert B. Parker

Title: Ceremony

Author: Robert B. Parker

Started: 1/20/2020

Finished: 1/24/2020

My least favorite of these early Spenser novels. 

Valediction, by Robert B. Parker

Title: Valediction

Author: Robert B. Parker

Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 1/21/2020

Finished: 1/23/2020

A so-so Spenser. 

The Widening Gyre, by Robert B. Parker

• Title:  The Widening Gyre
• Author:  Robert B. Parker
• Borrowed from Fairfax County, VA Public Library Audiobook
• Started: 1/19/2020
• Finished: 1/22/2020

Finally Spenser visits DC, but I wasn't thrilled with the book.  The blackmail scheme was bizarre, and the final resolution contrived and seems unsatisfactory.  Still, DC...

Early Autumn, by Robert B. Parker

• Title:  Early Autumn
• Author:  Robert B. Parker
• Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Kindle Edition
• Started: 1/19/2020
• Finished: 1/20/2020

Pretty good Spenser book.

Looking for Rachel Wallace, by Robert B. Parker

• Title:  Looking for Rachel Wallace
• Author:  Robert B. Parker
• Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
• Started: 1/12/2020
• Finished: 1/14/2020

I liked this one more now than when I read it originally years ago.  Solid Spenser novel.

The Judas Goat, by Robert B. Parker

• Title:  The Judas Goat
• Author:  Robert B. Parker
• Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
• Started: 1/12/2019
• Finished: 1/12/2019

These Spenser novels are not taxing, and sometimes they're not even very good, but they are comfortable, fun, and easy to read.  And there is kind of great feeling of accomplishment that comes with reading a book cover to cover in one day.

A Savage Place, by Robert B. Parker

Title: A Savage Place

Author: Robert B. Parker

Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition

Started: 1/6/2020

Finished: 1/12/2020

A not very good Spenser book. 

The Godwulf Manuscript, by Robert B. Parker

• Title:  The Godwulf Manuscript
• Author:  Robert B. Parker
• Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library (Audiobook)
• Started: 1/4/2019
• Finished: 1/9/2020

I read this one before, back in May of 2009 (I've been keeping track of books here for a long time!) in paperback.  Decided to give it a listen since I wanted something easy and fun.  This fit the bill, Narrated by the same guy who did all of the Rex Stout Nero Wolfe books (Michael Prichard).  Good narrator for Spenser too.

Blood Relatives, by Ed McBain

Title: Blood Relatives

Author: Ed McBain

Hardback from little free library in Ocean City MD

Started: October 2019

Finished: 1/3/2020

Started this 87th precinct novel last fall but left it at the beach. Went back after the new year and finished today.  Pretty obvious mystery.