Pass the Butterworms, by Tim Cahill Anecdotes and essays about some of his offbeat travel experiences and animal adventures. If you haven't discovered Cahill for yourself, now's the time to try him. The Thirteenth Juror, by John Lescroart. Good courtroom drama along the lines of John Grisham. A history of maritime disasters on each of the five Great Lakes.
Truth can be as just as suspenseful as fiction.
RC 49481 Green Hills of Africa, by Ernest Hemingway. His factual account of a big game hunting expedition in 1933 that included both him and his wife Pauline. Reissue of a classic, well worth reading again. An infatuated teen seeks to rescue a kidnapped author and is himself kidnapped. Enforced companionship deepens their friendship but ends in tragedy.