What I Have Read Lately!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  For some reason, readings get lengthier  for me in the Summer, darlings, so I  do  not have too  much to report here.  The  last  book  posted was  "The Damage," by Caitlin Wahrer, but since  then---

                                                                            

                                            "Moonflower Murders," by Anthony Horowitz--This was SO satisfying, darlings.  I have learned, by now, that when I see a new Anthony Horowitz  book on the table,  I reach for it instantly.  This turns  out to be a 608 page murder mystery, which,  like  the Sixties  CERTS  commercial  is "Two--two--two books  in  one."  The one chronicles the  cover's title,  where the daughter of the hotel  owners has  vanished, and no one has any idea what has happened--or have  they?  Then, there is a book within  a book.  The title features featured character Susan Ryleand, literary agent to  the late, fictitious writer  Alan Calloway, whose novel "Atticus Pund Takes The Case" was supposedly read by the vanished heiress, and gave her clues to a murder that took place there, years before.  The reader must read  this book,  too.  The story was gripping and harrowing; the denouement disappointing, as the culprit turned out to be a suspect almost always the case in this genre.  But getting there is  so much fun, it  is  well worth  it.  I was guessing up  till the  revelation; a rarity, for  me.  What else can I say, except I look forward to the next Anthony Horowitz??????????????????????????????

                                                                            

                                          I liked the author's previous novel, "The Nest, " and this was a "Read With Jenna" selection, which I tend to do better with than Reese's books,  which tend  to be more, well, chick-flickish.  However, she can scoop out a good mystery and suspense novel.

                                         The title refers to a struggling NYC theater company, run by Flora, and her husband, Julian, who are struggling to survive in the New York  theater world, and Sweeney gets  this  right, because,  hons,  I have been there.  The trouble starts when Flora accidentally finds  a  wedding  ring that should be on her husband's finger, but isn't.  Why?  And why hasn't Flora noticed, until now?

                                             Then there are their friends, a married couple named Margot and  David.  He is a pediatric cardiac surgeon; she a steadily working actress, but  no A-lister.  Circumstances cause them  to  move from  NYC to  LA,  and the drama is played out on both coasts, offering the pros and cons of living in either.  I am committed--maybe in more ways than one, darlings--but  I will  go  with NYC.  It  would be fun to chat with Blake or Taylor at  the Chateau Marmont,  but, hell, they can  come  here,  can't they?

                                                The  author lives up to  the  promise of  her predecessor.  Engaging,  dramatic,  sweeping in its  way, and getting both environments and  lifestyles  right, "Good  Company" is  not just  a great Summer read,  but one that will  last  beyond, as,  from  a  literary standpoint,  it is exhilarating in its detail.

                                                 That's it  for  now, dolls!!!!!!!!!!!!  More to come; for sure, post colonoscopy.