Kindle county, Edinburgh, L.A., and Haiti

Many years ago (1987) Scott Turow debuted with the novel "Presumed innocent". The story of Rusty Sabich of Kindle County put Turow at the top of the list as an author of legal thrillers. Through the years more books by Turow have been well worth reading. The latest - "Limitations" - is like a moral play reminding us that no matter how much we make of our lives there will always be those moral slipups (large or small) that will come back to us and make us feel guilty and ultimately give us pause as to our right to judge others; good lesson. Sabich plays a small role in the book and the reader that knows that Rusty probably has a much darker secret than the main character George Mason will think about choices made through out life that return to us as moral dilemmas. An unexpected Christmas gift certificate for books made it possible for me to read this book before paperback!
My wonderful library took me to Edinburgh via Kate Atkinson's "One Good Turn".
Jackson Brodie of "Case Histories" is back and he is as likeable as ever and the novel takes many turns and jumps back and forth between different characters.
The next stop was L.A. and the latest Harry Bosch book, "Echo Park", by Michael Connelly. One of my friends just recently discovered Harry Bosch and has been lyrical over the books - which is as it should be ; a thirteenth Harry Bosch is due this year and I hope my library will be as generous as usual and buy it early.
The last visit on this tour is Haiti in a book by Nick Stone, "Mr. Clarinet". This book was courtesy of the "pocket shop" (the great chain of bookstores found in train stations and airports in Sweden). The author has actually spent a lot of time in Haiti and writes interestingly about a very strange society. More books (past adventures) with the lead character Max Mingus are due in the future.