{"id":8990,"date":"2017-03-29T20:21:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T00:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=8990"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:31:22","slug":"voodoo-river-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/8990","title":{"rendered":"Voodoo River"},"content":{"rendered":"

Voodoo River<\/a><\/em> (1995) Robert Crais<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Famous actress Jodi Taylor has come to Elvis Cole for help in finding her birth parents. <\/p>\n

Jodi Taylor was thirty-six years old, and beautiful in the way that only women with a measure of maturity can be beautiful. Not like in a fashion magazine. Not like a model. There was a quality of realness about her that let you feel that you might meet her at a supermarket or in church or at the PTA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She was adopted as a baby, and wants to know if there are any medical issues of which she should be aware.<\/p>\n

Which is how Elvis ends up in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatchu say \u2019bout dat boudin now?\u201d I said, <\/p>\n

\u201cTell me the truth, Dottie. This isn\u2019t really Ville Platte, is it? We\u2019re all dead and this is Heaven.\u201d S<\/p>\n

he grinned wider and nodded, satisfied. \u201cDottie say it\u2019ll fix you up. Dottie know.\u201d She touched her cheek beneath her left eye and then she laughed and turned away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course things are never quite as they seem, and things get complicated for Elvis quite quickly. But that brings me to one of the things I especially like about Elvis Cole. He all man, but he’s not macho and is honest about himself to himself.<\/p>\n

I watched them leave, then went to my room and tried to let myself in, but I couldn\u2019t get the key in the lock. I tried as hard as I could, and then I sat on the sidewalk with my hands between my knees and pressed my knees together to try to make myself stop shaking. I pressed for a very long time, and finally the shaking stopped.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was another book I didn’t particularly remember–they were very good drugs I was taking for my broken ankle, apparently. And there were of course bits showing the age of the story which amused me.<\/p>\n

Ben ate quickly, then asked to be excused and raced to the TV so that he could watch Star Trek\u2014 The Next Generation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But of course most of the story stands outside of those few scenes. Like this:<\/p>\n

The cat came in while I was thinking about it, and hopped up onto the counter the way he does when he\u2019s hoping I won\u2019t notice. You could see his nostrils working, smelling the steak. I said, \u201cBet you missed me, huh?\u201d <\/p>\n

He made a little cat nod. <\/p>\n

I carved a piece of steak, then put the cat and the steak on the floor. He sniffed once, then went to work on the meat. I said, \u201cI missed you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love that he has an anti-social cat, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a softie.<\/p>\n

And there are of course the loving descriptions of food. I’m beginning to think that there is some strange link between strong male mystery leads and lavish descriptions of food.<\/p>\n

Not that I mind at all.
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Hachette Books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Voodoo River (1995) Robert Crais Famous actress Jodi Taylor has come to Elvis Cole for help in finding her birth parents. Jodi Taylor was thirty-six years old, and beautiful in the way that only women with a measure of maturity can be beautiful. Not like in a fashion magazine. Not like a model. 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