I just finished “Think of a Number” a very clever whodunnit by John Verdon. It features a very cerebral retired New York City detective, Dave Gurney, who has retired to the Catskills of New York and just wants to live in peace. He is called by an acquaintance from long ago who has received some threatening mail and wants to know how to deal with it.

That’s about all I’m going to say. I thought I had the mystery figured out about a fourth of the way through the book I was WRONG. A shocking curve is thrown and wow, I was hooked.

This book is great. I rate it a good solid 4 out of 5. A great read.

The book was featured in the New York Times book section. Also Amazon made the book available for just a few dollars on their Kindle store, so I snatched it up and it was a great buy.

Speaking of Kindles have you noticed that many of their new books are pushing $20!! What they Hay!!