When I picked up Disturbing the Bones by Andrew Davis and Jeff Biggers at the Lockport Library, I immediately thought of the Body Farm series by Jefferson Bass. Even the cover looked like one from that book series. I loved those books, so I was very happy to pick this one up and bring it home with me, with the hopes that I would enjoy it as much as that previous series. While the subject matter was not the same as the Body Farm series, it was a very enjoyable book.
Whenever there is a new book about the Erie Canal out on the shelves, I always grab it. I grew up in Erie Canal Country. The famous Flight of Five locks at Lockport are less than a mile from my house. When I was a youngster, it was a treat to have to wait for the bridge (despite my dad’s grumbling), and it was a bigger treat to get to drive over the “high bridge” in Medina rather than waiting for the lift bridge. It was my interest in the waterway that defines my hometown that deepened my interest in local history, especially that of the Erie Canal. So, when I saw The Raging Erie on the shelf at the Lockport Public Library, I had to adopt it for three weeks and bring it home.
In my opinion, finding good techno-thrillers can be difficult to find. A lot of them are thin with characters and heavy on tech. Others are thin on tech and heavy on characters. Phantom Orbit by David Ignatius balances both quite well, delivering a book that gives us the best of both characters and tech. This book brings up a subject that is scarily close to being true. If you’re one who is a conspiracy theorist, it could already be true.