Six Crooked Highways

I found this novel very rewarding to read. Don't be misled by the strangely negative review that precedes this one. Johnson is a solidly good writer who, even though he is writing a mystery/action novel, takes the time to supply his reader with an incredible sense of place and with characters who are achingly human and believable. Not every book gives you these things. What you get is a novel every bit as powerful as Jognson's earlier Don't Think Twice, which has a very high online review rating. This book is a sequel to Don't Think Twice, and it has all that earlier book's strengths, plus an even more skillful handling of the action sequences.