What are you reading the week of March 25, 2012?

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8. THE MAN WHO RISKED HIS PARTNER by Stephen R. Donaldson/Reed Stephens

It's a detective/mobster book that I thought I wouldn't like until I started to read it. It's written in the first person by a "flawed" character who makes mistakes and readily admits them with some humor. I like the guy a lot....I wasn't able to get the first book in the series, The Man Who Killed His Brother, but the author gives enough of the past that I think I can get along without it.

It's about Mick “Brew” Axbrewder, an unlicensed private investigator in Puerta del Sol, California, and Ginny Fistoulari, his boss:

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/S_Authors/Stephens_Reed.html

All of Stephenson's science fiction works at:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/stephen-donaldson/

This book written in 1984 by Reed Stephens, and slightly revised in 2003 by Stephen R. Donaldson. The 2003 hardback I have sitting in front of me makes NO mention of Reed Stephens, so I wonder if he's given up on the name.

Book 27 of 2012