Half term this week, with two flights and two train journeys, so I am finding a lot of time for reading. 

I have found a new author, or to be strictly accurate it is two new authors.  A mother and daughter team who write under the pseudonym of PJ Tracy.  They have actually been around for a while, the book I read, Dead Run, was published in 2005 and is one of a series.

The main characters are a group of ‘societal rejects’ who run a software company producing computer games.  As a sideline they use their computer skills to help the police solve crimes.  Alongside the main plot run the sub stories of the ongoing and complicated romances of the female characters.

Despite being part of a series this was an easy book to pick up and read.  However, although I enjoyed the book, and would probably read another if I was at a loose end, I feel no burning desire to go back and find the first book in the series.  The back story does not appear to be that compelling.  The main characters are so extreme they are almost caricatures, or perhaps they could be characters in one of the computer games the company produces; a gun-toting woman, a lycra wearing giant, an obsessively wealthy collector and a larger than life woman with a penchant for high heels and floating dresses.

If you want an easy read, with amusing characters and a rather thin plot, then this will do nicely.