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The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras by J. Michael Orenduff
I can't be too effusive in my praise of Mike Orenduff's POT THIEF series. You could start anywhere in the series, or you can begin with the first one and work your way to this one, because each book stands on its own. The books are a mix of lore with intellectual analysis. The plots make sense and are not derivative of anything else. This story is set (in part) in a lodge where snowbound ski bunnies are being knocked off. I guess it reminds me a little of when Lucy and Ricky and Fred and Ethel were snowed in . . . or when Jack Tripper got snowed in . . . or any locked-in mystery like "Murder by Death." A classic "Murder, She Wrote" type of thing where the phone lines are down and there's no way in or out, so Hubie has to find the killer before it catches him off guard.
His is not the usual flat, plain, no-style writing that you get in so many best-sellers. You'll think you're reading dialogue from Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Rock Hudson and Doris Day, Cary Grant and anyone else--it's that funny. You'll learn stuff despite yourself because of the broad range of topics touched upon.
He wins a lot of awards, and this is the ziilionth book in the series, so you're in for a treat! It costs less than a dinner out (or even take-out Tex-Mex, at least in the quantities my husband consumes it) and will last. The book is sturdy and good-looking, a nice addition to my "Keepers" shelf. Buy this book now.
Recommended.
