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Book 19 (of 52) – Fate Of The Union

Fate Of The Union – Max Allan Collins with Matthew V. Clemens

For the second installment in the Reeder and Rogers series, Max Allan Collins returns, along with co-author Matthew V. Clemens, to the Washington beltway for another round of political intrigue that puts the US government at risk.  Former Secret Service agent Joe Reeder teams up again with FBI agent Patti Rogers on the death of an old colleague and a serial killer case the FBI has been working, eventually determining that they are one case.  They need to find the killer, and whoever has hired him, before he wipes out the entire government during the State of the Union address.

To be honest, I was a little concerned when Collins brought in a co-writer this early in the series run.  But, the two have worked together previously and the two put together another tight story here, so it turned out I had nothing to worry about.  There’s a third installment out there, which I will have to keep an eye out for on the Kindle deals site.

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2015: The Year In Books

2015booksWith another year coming to an end, it is time to take a look back at the 31 books I read over the past year, an increase of 8 from last year and my highest total ever, surpassing the 27 books I read back in 1992.  Of those 31, 11 were non-fiction and, of the 20 novels, only 3 were TV show tie-ins.  Only 4 of the books came from the “to-read” drawer, and 11 were e-books.  I read a nearly 9200 pages, the most in 1 year since 1992 and my second straight year reaching the 9000 mark.

Once again, a majority of the books I read this year were by authors I’ve never read before. The 19 authors that I read for the first this year were:
Kurt Vonnegut
Jim Bouton
Melissa Joan Hart
Patton Oswalt
Erle Stanley Gardner
Doug Sohn
Kate DeVivo
Paula Hawkins
Jayson Stark
Scott Reifert
Oscar Wilde
Jeff Katz
Felicia Day
George Carlin
Max Allan Collins
Ann Brashares
David Lagercrantz
Graham Greene
Mary Kubica
Martin Short

The ghost writer for Richard Castle was the only author I read multiple titles from during 2015.

Ten books I read were released this year, while 3 of them were released prior to 1980, with one, The Picture of Dorian Gray, dating back to 1890.

Finally, the breakdown by month.  Vacations in March, November, and December certainly helped pad their totals a tad bit. Continue reading →

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Book 22 (of 52) – Supreme Justice

Supreme Justice - Max Allan Collins

Supreme Justice – Max Allan Collins

A while back, Amazon had a special on the Kindle version of Supreme Justice by Max Allan Collins.  I had never read any of his work before, but have been sitting on his graphic novel, Road to Perdition, for years now, so I decided to take a chance and purchase this novel.  And I’m glad I did.

In the not-so-distant future, Supreme Justice tells the story of a former Secret Service agent brought in to join an FBI task force when multiple conservative Supreme Court justices are murdered in an effort to change the court’s makeup with a liberal President in office.  Working with a new partner, he must figure out who is planning these attacks, especially once his daughter is kidnapped to get him off the case.

Collins put together a pretty tight story here, one I was surprised to have enjoyed as much as I did.  It looks like the beginning of a new series, with the second installment due out next month, so I may just have to check it out, assuming I can find it for a good deal.