Take a little trip and never leave town. I kind of try any book that comes my way. I'm in a group where we pass books around so I never know what I'm getting.
Just discovered Nelson DeMille. Old books, The Gold Coast and The Gate House. Books about the mafia, guy in midlife crisis and totally changing his life he was bored with. What's kind of cool is he gives a history of what happen with all those big money makers, their mansions and the wealth through the generations. The funny thing is, you get to a few generations beyond the money makers, they think they are American nobility, looking down their nose at the types who made that money. And they are pretty much worthless individuals, just living off the money, never trying to do anything real.
His books are kind of not getting your interest in the first few chapters so you skip and read the last chapter. Then you have to read the whole book to find out how the story got there.
