Just finished three more fiction novels. I originally was going to read three Randy Wayne White. As I read ‘Tampa Burn’, I realized I wouldn’t be getting to a second. I’m the only person I know who doesn’t care for White’s work. I know he’s currently considered Florida’s greatest writer. I just find the writing ponderous. The endings are unsatisfying and I don’t like any of the characters. Heroes and villains. I know it’s just me and I will continue to recommend him as so many, including Sandra, love his work.

So, off I wandered to a Mike Shayne novel written after the actual author moved on. The later novels had curse words and lots of sexual activites. THE reason I love the original series is that they were well written and excluded the mess of the later ones. ‘Armed…Dangerous…’ was poorly excuted, though I liked it better than ‘Tampa Burn’.

The Shayne cover was painted by the amazing Robert McGinnis. I absolutley love the face. Here it is enlarged.

While we were in Delray Beach, I picked up James Swain’s newest paperback, ‘Midnight Rambler’. It was terrific! It took a road I’ve rarely seen and had a good bad guy(s) with an intricate plan to be bad. Though a small bit contrived at one point, it still far outshone most of the fiction I’ve read this year.