The Last King of Texas

eponymous-ey sentence: p38: By the time he died, Jeremiah was calling himself the King of the South Texas carnivals. cement: p45: The building made an L around a covered cement porch that overflowed with mangled bicycles and broken lawn chairs. p48: Immediately a third shot punched through the particleb......more

Tres Navarre mystery numero tres! A local university professor is murdered, and Tres agrees to take over his classes for the remainder of the semester – he DOES have a PhD in Medieval Literature, after all. Since he is now the third professor to take these classes in this school year, Tres cannot he......more

One of those books that keeps you on toes till the end of the book.......more

Mam mieszane uczucia. Męczyłam się z nią ponad dwa tygodnie. Była nudna i niestety przez ostatnie 100 stron jedynie coś się działo, co bardzo mnie zirytowało. Było od groma hiszpańskich słówek, których nie rozumiałam i nie były one przetłumaczone. Przyjemny klimat, ale główny bohater to typowy Harry......more

I initially read this book to compare his writing in Percy Jackson to his writing for adults. Jumping in on the third in a series would not have been my choice, but beggars in the used book industry can't be choosers. So I think I lost a few references from earlier books, but there wasn't a lot that......more