Now mother's sick. Had a bunch of lumps in her breast and under her arm removed last Mon. Mostly she's dealing with it ok, has some down times where she says " Oh, I wish I could just go ahead and die and get it over with." Caroline is here and she is much better at dealing with this than I am.

Anyway; John Burdett's new Bangkok mystery is out, Vulture Peak. It's just as good as the others.

Also, for a Janet Evanovitch readalike; Lisa Lutz's Spellman series, starting with The Spellman Files.