In the second quarter of 2013, I read seven books by authors I had never read before and I was very happy with all of them. This is my list of books by new (to me) authors:
- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
- The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
- Chinatown Beat by Henry Chang
- The Dark Winter by David Mark
- Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings
- Silence of the Rain by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
- House of Evidence by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
The book that most surprised me was Silence of the Rain by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza. I wanted to read it because it is written by a Brazilian author and set in Brazil. But the book greatly surpassed my expectations. It was not a standard police procedural (if there is such a thing), the cultural differences were interesting, and it had a very unexpected ending. I was also surprised at how much I liked Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. I had heard lots of praise for the novel, but it was described as Harry Potter for adults with a rookie policeman as the protagonist, and I was not sure about that. But it was a thoroughly enjoyable read, making me wish I had the next book in the series to read right away.
And then there was The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters. Although I don't avoid apocalyptic novels, I would never had read this one had it not been a crime novel also. I enjoyed this depiction of how people would react to an approaching asteroid, and I loved how he doled out pieces of that part of the story gradually throughout the book. Another great read, and I have high expectations for further books in the series.
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