Another Jane Haddam-Cheating at Solitaire. Finally, Gregor and Bennis are planning their wedding. Or rather, Donna, Bennis, the rest of the neighborhood is planning the wedding while Gregor just tries to escape and is befuddled by most of the activity. This book, however, only mentions the wedding planning. Gregor spend the duration in Margaret's Harbor, a small island off the coast of Massachusetts where filming is going on for a new movie starring a bunch of young pop stars hounded by voracious media. One of them is killed, and another "townie" is mutilated. Because of the celebrity in a small community which has never seen a murder, Gregor is called in to help out. As usual, a delightful book. The story is always good but Haddam has made Gregor's neighborhood so compelling, the best part of her books is always when they are involved.

The other author that I'm beginning to like more and more is Linda Fairstein. She's actually the prosecutor of crimes of a sexual assault and domestic violence, and has led the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's office in Manhattan for 25 years. This gives her books a realistic tone. This one had the added benefit of involving academics at Columbia which is always fun. Although her main character is becoming stupider and stupider about her personal life. Let's hope she rectifies that.