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1. What are you currently reading? The Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz. Oh, those wacky Spellmans! They run a family firm and they're all detectives (except the oldest son, David; the black sheep of the family, he became a wealthy, successful attorney). They're also all more than a little loopy.
This is book #2 in the series. I'm rereading them all before I part with the books. I find I remember little about the actual mystery in this mystery, but I recall the interplay among the women in the family – Mom Olivia, sisters Isabel and Rae, David's wife, Petra – affectionate and idiosyncratic.
Why hasn't Netflix made this a mini-series?
2. What did you recently finish reading? Muzzled by David Rosenfelt. I just finished another case with the Pride of Paterson, Andy Carpenter. If you're unfamiliar with this series, Andy is a once hard-working defense attorney who came into considerable money. He no longer has to work and no wishes to, preferring to drink beer, watch sports and (his real passion) rescue dogs. Andy loves dogs, and I love that about Andy.
In Muzzled, Andy is lured back to the courtroom by a man and his dog. The man was first thought to be one of three men killed in a boating accident, then became the focus of law enforcement as a murderer. Andy not only admires how much the man loves his dog, he believes in his new client's innocence (always a plus).
Andy delivered a few laughs and even more smirks because he is such an adorable smart ass. I liked the plot – it was just complicated enough, but not byzantine. I wish there was more about Lucy, the defendant's dog, as well as Andy's own Tara and Sebastian, but that's a tiny complaint.
3. What will you read next? Non-fiction.
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