If you try reading a new (to you) author, you may be pleasantly surprised, or you may be disappointed, but it’s certainly something you should do to get out of your reading rut. I have recently read two books by new authors, Jane Haddam and Linwood Barclay. Haddam’s Cheating at Solitaire was a disappointment to me. Liking the game solitaire, I was looking forward to a good book. However, after getting more than half-way through it, I found little reason to continue. Barclay’s …
