FD keeps a list of books to borrow from the library, and today stopped by to get a couple. One, Suspect, by Michael Robotham (from 2004), was found on a display of “staff favorites.” It’s always nice to have this kind of confirmation! Another novel that FD has been meaning to read is New England White by Stephen Carter (from 2007). It got good reviews, which led to its place on the “to read” list, even though Carter’s novels since have received mixed notices, particularly the most recent, Jericho’s Fall. Perhaps Carter has started writing too quickly — his first novel (The Emperor of Ocean Park — FD hasn’t read that one yet, either, though it was a best seller at the time…) came out in 2002 and then there was a five-year interval before NEW. His two most recent novels books came out in 2008 and 2009 — and who outside of Joyce Carol Oates can write in an interesting way at that pace?