Review: Excellent Novels
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2012
When I saw this compilation, I had to get it.  The first of the three novels, Disintegration, is the story about twins who are very different.  They are on a collision course.  Lots of surprises, tragedy strikes, and a twisted ending.  Very intense, very good.  I'm an identical twin so it was a little creepy, enough said.Crime Beat was welcome relief to the serious themes of the first novel.  There's lots of humor and inside information about what it's like to be the editor of a small newspaper and the way reporters fight to be first with a story.  The characters are fun, colorful, with a lot of insight about living in a small Southern town.  Lots of twist and turns and murder.The Skull Ring  - Wow.  I loved this book.  A psychological thriller.  I can't understand why anyone wants to learn to speed read.  The author is so crafty in nuanced description depicting mood I just want to slow down and savor how good he is.  The problem with this novel was that it became urgent to know what came next, so I found myself racing through it.  It's easy to ignore how good Scott Nicholson is in a book like this.  I kept thinking, Please, Please Please, I want a happy ending for this character, I like her so much.  No spoiler here.  Read it yourself and find out.