This Week's Travel Reading, Martinis & Murder Edition

Confession: I've read Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man before. Or at least I think I have--since my heart attacks, my memory is a tangled mess I've given up trying to untangle.

Whatever the case, it's an easy read for my long commute to and from the job--as smooth as a vodka martini with at least two (and preferably three) olives for garnish.

And just in case you're wondering: The book and the first Thin Man movie with William Powell as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy (sigh...Myrna Loy) as Nora are very close on plot and dialogue. The other Thin Man movies? Not as much, but still considerable fun.