Craig Johnson is one of my favorite contemporary authors, but…I haven’t liked any of his recent books. In fact, it’s been quite a few years since I’ve enjoyed them. I read some reviews of Return to Sender and noticed that many readers agree with me, even when they gave the book a 3 or 4 star review. What they like are the characters, not the story, and I agree. What else I didn’t like: the Russian plot line that continued from the prior book. That transfers the series into a serial. I had no interest in the Russian story and basically skipped over those parts. For one thing, I couldn’t remember the threads of that plot line, having read the prior book a long time ago. Since the characters are what readers like, too bad Henry Standing Bear and Vic made such brief appearances, which has been the case in all the recent books.

Latest in a series (or serial) of disappointments

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