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The two latest books are A Twist in the Tale by Jeffrey Archer and In a Pickle by Jerry Apps. The Jeffrey Archer book is a bunch of short stories each of which has an unexpected ending, a twist in the tale. Fun to read although I'm not apt to read a book of short stories, but Jeffrey Archer is a highly respected mystery writer so I thought I'd give it a go. Not disappointed. Jerry Apps' book, In a Pickle, is entertaining and is rather unusual in it's use of cucumber farming as it's main theme. It's set in the year 1955 in a small Wisconsin farming town that is highly dependent on its pickle crops. This was the end of the era of small family farms that were passed down from generation to generation, where towns were identified by the small one room schoolhouses the children went to, and families could depend on their livelihood to support them. The story is simply told by Mr. Apps that includes a lot of information about what one could expect to find on a farm and in a small town at this time. I enjoyed the book and found out things I was not aware of that happened back in that era.