Jul. 23rd, 2010

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Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
61. Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece.
62. JLA: Classifed: New Maps of Hell by Warren Ellis and Jackson Guice.
63. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Book One of The Inheritance Trilogy) by N. K. Jemisin.

64. Fear Itself by Walter Mosley. I was somewhat underwhelmed by Fearless Jones, the first book about Paris Minton and his heroic friend, but this one turns out to be one of the better Mosley books I've yet read. It's twisty, crowded, complicated, and confusing; in case it's not clear, in this case those are good things. A woman comes to Fearless Jones looking for his boss, who's gone missing; the woman has a young boy with him and claims to be the missing man's wife. From there things spin rapidly out of control, with multiple parties pressing money on Paris and Fearless without really telling them what they're being hired to find--there are MacGuffins on top of MacGuffins here, but the ultimate prize is a true object of fascination, particularly to Paris. There's a trail of bodies along the way, but for the most part this is somewhat lighter fare than much of Mosley's work, and this turns out to be a good thing. Probably my favorite Mosley since Little Scarlet.

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