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Glad to see so many good recommendations already on the list.

I like mystery series books. I've enjoyed Sujata Massey - both "The Salary Man" and "Zen Attitude" kept me hooked. Tom Perry's books on Jane Whitefield ("The Face-Changers", "Vanishing Act", etc.) were good vacation reads. Also Kate Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway mysteries -- "Death Qualified" is one in the series. I didn't see Marcia Muller on the list before - her early Sharon McCone books were good. And J.A. Jance -- I've enjoyed both her J.P Beaumont and Joanna Brady characters.

Probably the weirdest vacation read I've had was the book "RATS: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants" by Robert Sullivan. It was actually very intriguing...

Michael Connelly's "Blood Work" and Jeffrey Deaver's "Bone Collector" were both much better books than movies. Both of them have authored mysteries that would make good cruise reads. Laurie R King's books about Mary Russell are enjoyable, as are Sara Paretsky's books. I also REALLY enjoyed "Monkeewrench", but am having a much harder time getting through "Live Bait" (these are by PJ Tracy - a mother/daughter team.)

And...I just finished the Stephen King Dark Tower series...whoa! I would really encourage any King fans to start that group of books. I was initially put off by "Gunslinger" (I'm not big on westerns -- but this isn't an ordinary cowboy story). The Dark Tower series is a lengthy saga that really brings many of King's fantasy worlds together. It took just over a year for me to get through all the books, and I have to say I enjoyed nearly every minute. Just finished the last one last week, and was sad to close the cover.