Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

Another Stuart Woods book. Another adventure with the bon vivant, ex-cop, sort of lawyer, and fictional consort to the fictional female president?

As a lover, he sure gets a lot of action.

“Kramer? It’s fiction.”

“Fine. (sotto voce, I’m just sayin’)…”

It’s fun stuff, and what I remark upon, every time, is the serial nature, yet novel in construction, pacing, and most important? Readability.

Seems like there’s a new book, I’m guessing, right at 50 or 60K words, every 3 months. Running references, and the novels themselves are well-constructed, from both a literary standpoint, and from a tangible frame of reference, too. Nice paper. Flashy cover. Readable type.

More important, to me, a readable novel. Quick read as there is usually an absolute absence of style, which, in itself, is a style. I keep thinking I would imitate that total absence of style, impeccable pacing, and resonant discourse, but it hasn’t happened yet.

It’s less about the content of the novel itself, and more about how I feel when I’m reading it. Lost, for a brief time, in a world full of private jets, high-stakes politics, and random acts of….

Unexpected, and for me, a delight.

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

About the author: Born and raised in a small town in East Texas, Kramer Wetzel spent years honing his craft in a trailer park in South Austin. He hates writing about himself in third person. More at KramerWetzel.com.

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