THE CUTTING EDGE - JEFFERY DEAVER

Firstly,  still on the Large Print selection at the library while my nose continues to heal to allow reading glasses to be lodged thereon.
Secondly, bravo Jeffery. You finally did a good Lincoln Rhyme story without the fine detail of forensic detective work other that the necessary. If you look below you can see that I clearly had reservations in the past, frustrations swirling as I took in shedloads of fine detail, minutiae really, that didn't really progress the story.

The story? Well, murders are committed, surprisingly, and clues are scattered about, we have a love story and we have District Attorneys who have their panties in a bunch, jealous of Linc's talent and conclusions and inevitably Linc prevails, but that isn't even a spoiler. 
I admit that the final revelation was a complete surprise, but that was calculated too. Opened up the next Rhyme story neatly. 
Read it.

THE PARIS WRITERS CIRCLE - NORMA HOPCRAFT

Some days I wonder what publishers are up to. Their standards on this book show signs of slippage.
It could have been an excellent book for the most part. It ws ruined by sloppy proof-reading and/or editing where words were spelled badly (such as baudy for bawdy), sentences were clumsily constructed and, most annoyingly, every French word was put in italics. Okay, maybe that would work sometimes but if any reader can't work out that some words are actually French without having it pointed out then Hopcraft is underestimating her audience. Even words such as boutique and cafe were italicised for Christ's sake.
The plot? Yeah, maybe it was okay when the distractions weren't glaring but the missing/saved girl was an obvious plot device I saw coming, as would everyone. I don't need to have every street between two points laid out. 
Happy endings mostly.