What I’m Currently Reading, 5/14/2026…

I am currently reading The Gordian Knot by David O. Thomas. It is a police procedural about two detectives attempting to catch a serial killer. Police procedurals aren’t usually my go-to genre, but something about this book piqued my interest.

A Gordian Knot is, by definition, a legendary, highly intricate tangle of ropes that was deemed impossible to unravel. (Thank you, Google!) If this story is anything like the title’s origin, then I should be in for quite the ride.

A seasoned homicide veteran, Frank Spencer, bitter from divorce and living almost hand-to-mouth, teams up with a younger, more idealistic General Investigations detective, Mike Estrada. Their partnership and polar-opposite worldviews invite drama and perhaps comedy. But, in such a story as this, which deals with graphic violence, perhaps comedy would relieve the climate and make the entire story more palatable.

We’ll just have to wait and see.