JUST ONE BIT & THREE PIECES TODAY

 Incoming:

• Kate Danley, Phoef Sutton, Lisa Klink, Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin, Reborn.  Horror novel, the 22nd and final entry in Goldberg and Rabkiin's Dead Man series.  "Tanis Archer is facing a miserable twenty-fifth birthday.  She's a part-time barista in her sixth year at Dallas Commnity College.  Her life is going nowhere, fast.  Literally.  Because on her way to work, she loses control of her car and is killed in a horrific crash.  That should have been the tragic end of her story.  But days later, she wakes up on a cold morgue slab...and soon learns that miraculous resurrections have brutal side effects."  This book was originally published as a Kindle Serial and is more than twice the length of the other books in the series.  I'm pacing myself through the series by reading only three books a week; I'm up to Book 7 and am having a great time.
• Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse.  Television tie-in novel, the first in the series.  "Monk's house is being fumigated, and he has nowhere to go.  Fortunately, his assistant, Natalie, and her daughter are kind enough to welcome him into their home.  Unfortunately, their home is not quite up to Monk's standards of cleanliness and order...But while Monk tries to arrange his surroundings just so, something else needs to be put straight.  The death of a dog at the local firehouse -- on the same night as a fatal house fire -- has led Monk into a puzzling mystery.  And much to his horror, Monk is going to have to dig through a lot of dirt to find the answer..."  Goldberg is a well-known television writer and producer, as well as the author of some of the cleverest and entertaining mysteries around.  Before embarking on the Monk series of novels, Goldberg wrote for the television series.
• Donald E. Westlake, Get Real.  A Dortmunder crime caper, the 14th and final novel in the series.  "John Dortmunder returns in this last hilarious caper by the late Grand Master of mystery and suspense Donald E. Westlake.  Now the seasoned but often scoreless crook is finally offered a chance at fame, but Dormunder has never taken direction well and he is quickly up to his old tricks, even while the director is screaming for him to...GET REAL.  Dortmunder and his merry crew stumble upon a television reality show whose producer decides to push the limits of the medium by covering the gang as they plan and execute one of their patented nothing-can-go-wrong-until-it-does capers.  As the gang strategizes their next move with the cameras rolling, Dortmunder and his partner Kelp organize a private side enterprise.  It will take an ingenious plan to outwir the executive suits and keep viewers glued to their television sets.  But Dortmunder is nothing but persistent, and he's determined to end this shoot with extra money in his pockets."  In a perfect world, Westlake would be writing Dortmunder adventures through all of eternity.