Robert Girardi, author of among others Madeline's Ghost and The Pirate's Daughter, has another one out now, titled Gorgeous East, about, of all things you don't hear about anymore, the French Foreign Legion. A good read, like most of his. I always remember both Beau Geste and The Last Remake of Beau Geste. Also, the library at one time had a copy of Morocco on VHS, had Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich in it.

For an interesting, semi-cozy light mystery, read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by C. Alan Bradley. The narrator is a ten-year old English girl but don't let this put you off. It's a fairly complex mystery, with good pacing. Heard the author is going to write more in this series, hope that's right.

Other adult British books with non-adult narrators; Black Swan Green by David Mitchell; The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig; When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale; and of course the immortal Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend, beginning with The Diary of Adrian Mole Age 13 1/2. The speakers vary in age but all of these books are well worth your time.

John Grisham just published a book of his first short stories, Ford County, written about the same time as A Time To Kill, his first book. These are as good as anything he's written (they still, obviously, have the flavor of his earlier stuff - not trying to write a spy novel or anything).