Norwegian by night

Norwegian by night / Derek B. Miller, 292 pgs.

Sheldon leaves NYC after his wife dies at the urging of his granddaughter who lives with Lars in Oslo.  He is struggling to find his way and fit in.  He may be suffering from a little dementia.  He is certainly reflecting on his life and mistakes he has made.  He witnesses a murder and is thrust into a caretaker role of a young boy whose mother is the victim.  Sheldon and the boy go on the run with nothing more in common than their experience and a few dollars.  Sheldon doesn't hesitate as he makes his plan and protects his charge.  Can this old man win against a brutal gang?  Can he keep the boy safe and make his way to the hunting cabin that he has never seen?  A touching story beautifully told.

Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child, 351 pages.

Formulaic, but satisfying entry in the chronicles of the world's favorite retired Military Policeman. Jack Reacher gains a new nickname in this volume, "Sherlock Homeless." This based on his ability to see through the extraneous details right down to the important piece of information and the peripatetic nature of his post-military life.
In this volume Reacher is not the sniper he was reputed to be in previous volumes--One Shot and Die Trying both had him pegged as an unparalleled marksman-- but he is the man chosen to hunt down a man authorities fear will try to assassinate world leaders at an upcoming economic summit in Paris.

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Niceville

Niceville by Carsten Stroud  385 pp.

The town of Niceville belies its name. It is anything but. The story opens with the disappearance of a young boy. On a store security camera he is there one second and simply gone the next. This is followed up by a bank robbery and the subsequent sniper killing of several police officers and the occupants of a news helicopter. Soon there are more surrealistic disappearances and deaths. Added to that are the creepy old man who videotaped his daughters in the bath, a dentist who over-gasses his female patients and photographs them in compromising positions, a bitter, divorced hacker who is stirring up trouble for all sorts of people, crooked & murderous cops, a mysterious family feud going back generations, a stolen top secret weapon, and a mysterious "bottomless" pit the Native Americans consider to be a source of evil. You never know what is coming next. But it's not all doom and gloom. Pockets of black humor lighten the mood even if it's a drunken father “teaching his toddler how to pull-start a gas-powered weed whacker” with the warning: “It wasn’t going to end well.” It's a great story.