First, the Erle Stanley Gardner's. "The Case of the Haunted Husband" was a new one. It was long, and there was a lot going on, but I understood what was happening and didn't feel lost at the end, like I have with some of his other more complicated ones. Perry defends a woman against a reckless driving charge and ends up solving two murders in the process. There were some surreal scenes in this one, with Perry, Drake, Della, and Tragg (the police officer who is usually loathe to work with Perry for fear of him pulling a fast one) eating dinner and dancing together. In the end, rather than have to try and defend a guilty client, Perry gives her the idea of committing suicide before she's arrested. That was an ending I certainly wasn't expecting.
"The Case of the Calendar Girl" was a reread, but a good one. A strange car accident leaves Perry to defend a man by pinning the rap on a girl. Perry then turns around and defends the girl for the crime. Amazing what that man can do with evidence.
"Fearless Fourteen" was the latest by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter extraordinaire, has to deal with a preteen who is vaguely related to her on again off again boyfriend, Joe, whose mom is being held hostage by a psychopath who wants the boy's uncle Dom to cough up the nine million he stole years earlier from a bank. Dom buried the keys to the van in Aunt Rose's basement. The same Aunt Rose who Joe inherited the house from. And them cemented the basement over. Hilarity ensues when half of Trenton starts digging in Joe's yard, looking for buried treasure, and the guy holding Mario's mom hostage starts sending body parts in the mail. There were a few variations from norm in this one, which was nice. For once, Stephanie's car didn't blow up, nor was she actually really in too much danger and had to be rescued by Ranger. As usual, it was hilarious.
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