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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9602353" data-attributes="member: 508">I had another week-long business trip this week, and as a result, I got a lot of reading done.  I finished up Spartacus: Swords and Ashes, which really captured the feel of the TV series well, I thought.  And then I read:The Watchmaker's Hand, a Lincoln Rhyme novel by Jeffery Deaver.  Another fine entry in the series, with a logical way to continue the rivalry between the antagonists in future books.  This time, Lincoln Rhyme, a criminologist paralyzed below the neck (with some movement in his right arm and left ring finger) specializing in pathology, is up against his rival the Watchmaker, who's been causing construction cranes to collapse in New York City.Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the latest in their series with archaeologist Nora Kelly and fledgling FBI agent Corrie Swanson, both characters from their Agent Pendergast series.  This time they're investigating the deaths, some 16 years ago, of nine college students who ripped through their tent in panic and ran outside in a panic into a blizzard with most of them leaving their cold weather gear behind.  Only six bodies were ever found at the beginning of the novel, when two more are accidentally discovered.  It held my interest, but it wasn't the most thrilling book in their series (although I did enjoy a courtroom scene at the end, which was very well done).  I just wish he'd learn to capitalize "Air Force" and "Navy" - a pet peeve of mine.And now I'm almost done with Spartacus: Morituri by Mark Morris.  Despite being a different author than the first work, they both do equally well in capturing the characters and the unique phraseology used in the show.  Unfortunately, both take place at the same time in the series - immediately after Spartacus became the Champion of Capua, the Slayer of the Shadow of Death, and the Bringer of Rain, with Crixus healing up from the wounds encountered in the arena - so they couldn't have both happened, nor do they fit into the events of the series very well, but I think fans of the show will enjoy them nonetheless.  I sure did - it's just a pity those were the only two ever written.And waiting in the wings is a new book I picked up, thinking Spartacus might not hold me through the flight home: The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke, a series of short stories set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.  I'm looking forward to reading that one!Johnathan</blockquote>

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