Book 'em Sunday - S. J. Rozan

Today for Book 'em Sunday, we are doing the author S.J. Rozan. She writes the mystery series that feature Bill Smith and his Chinese-American partner Lydia Chin.
S. J. Rozan is an Shamus Award-Winning Author, only the second woman to receive the award, the first being Sue Grafton.

China Trade is the first in this series and I have not read that one yet. So far I have finished No Colder Place and Mandarin Plaid. I am right in the middle of Winter and Night. On the horizon are A Bitter Feast, In this Rain, and Stone Quarry.
I am really enjoying this series. I have never really been a fan of female authors who write a male character. For some reason I feel that the male characters come across as weak and uninteresting. Ms. Rozan doesn't have that problem. Bill Smith comes across as a real guy with real thoughts and problems. When you add in Lydia Chin, it makes for a well rounded mystery story.

The plots are nicely thought out and the writing style is engaging. The back ground stories of the characters are what I like best about the series. I love when there is a story within a story. That way you can see the characters develop in each additional book. It just adds a little more to the plot.

Since I now get about 42 minutes of sleep per night, I have lots of time to read. I have purchased these at a used book store but I have noticed that Barnes and Noble carries them as well. I am trying to fill in the gaps but until then I will enjoy the ones I do have.

I will leave you with a cute Olive. She is the reason I sleep not at all but good news she is tuckered out from being awake all night and enjoys a day of napping. We all should be this lucky.