Lots of books, less substance

In an earlier post I mentioned liking a book by Douglas Kennedy, true to form my library had another "State of the Union". I liked this book also, probably because the main character was of my age and the book was about both the college period and the now period. It was also a lesson in how things can spin out of control, and how in the final analysis it doesn't matter much in the scheme of things.
The library also provided me with two books by David Baldacci: "The Camel Club" and its follower "The Collectors". Baldacci always keeps me reading, even though I know that it is just bubblegum for the mind. The adventures of Oliver, Caleb, Milton, and Rueben were fun to read, but naturally not very believable. One good thing is that you can count on everything working out alright for the good guys at the end of the book.
Another library find was "Sunstroke" by Jesse Kellerman. A debut thriller, by the son of the two famous Kellermans (neither of whom I am really fond of). But it was a well written and pacey thriller with at least two car trips between LA and Sonora. Mostly about how you never really know someone. One comic relief sequence had a guy handcuffed to a garden chair. It would probably be worth the movie rights. Gloria, the main character, went from flat to interesting as the book progressed, that's worth something as well.
The final book in this post, "See No Evil" by Michael Ridpath was a purchase from the ever reliable English Book Shop. You can always find something to pass the time with there. A change of venue also - from the US to England and South Africa. It was not, however, a surprising as promised. It wasn't hard to figure out who the bad guys were and why they did it. But I did enjoy the SA part of the story.