I finished a couple more books in the past day, which are both worth mentioning.

First up is "Legion" by Brandon Sanderson.  This is a short novella (80 or so pages hardcover) about a man with multiple personalities who makes his living as a detective (of sorts, I think).  The premise of the novella is that this character (Steven Leeds) is hired/brought on by a company to find a scientist who stole a camera he invented (which the company helped fund) that takes photos of the past.  This storyline wasn't all that terrific because the premise is so unwieldy (the story goes into some scientific reasons why it shouldn't work, but doesn't mention some of the more obvious ones like how do you control the date/time period of the photo).    In the end, though, this didn't matter much to me because the character(s) of Steven and his sub-personalities (or hallucinations, as he calls them) were so interesting; each able to act independently, each a genius with a psychological problem, each a specialist in one area of knowledge.  And, since they are independent individuals, he can only have around him those who accompany him somewhere (and each gets their own car seat).  So, to sum up, a quick enjoyable read and a set of characters I look forward to seeing again in the future.

The other book I finished was "The Edge of Nowhere" by Elizabeth George (author of the Inspector Lynley mystery series).  This is the first book in a new series set on Whidbey Island in Washington State (and coincidentally close to where "Folly" by Laurie R. King is set).  The book is listed as a Young Adult (or Teen) novel, but I've never been able to figure out what, exactly, that means (except that the main characters are teens or young adults).  The vocabulary and storyline don't seem to be lowered.  So, as far as I'm concerned, there is no reason for an adult to avoid the book because of the marketing.  The story centers on Becca King, a 14 year old girl from California with slight telepathic abilities (she hears disjointed whispers from people around her) which let her find out her stepfather has killed his business partner.  She and her mother flee, and her mother arranges for Becca (the alias she uses after the prologue) to stay with an old friend on Whidbey Island while the mother goes north to Canada to try and set up a new life for them there.  The rest of the book is about Becca trying to find her way in a new place where she knows no one, has no one she can confide in, and people who have a lot of history behind them that keeps her off balance or unsure of who she can believe or trust.  Throw in a bit of mystery and her constant worry about her mother's well-being and her step-father's presumed desire to hunt her down and you have a quick overview of the novel.  I found it a bit hard to get into at first, especially getting confused with the telepathic pieces (which also confuse Becca, so maybe it is intentional), but once she gets settled on the island the story picks up  The other problem I will mention is that there is an epilogue that seems designed to set up the next book (whenever that comes out) but is incredibly annoying because of the abrupt way it changes the direction of the narrative (similar to the way the last Lynley book ended, for that matter).  So, to sum up this one, I enjoyed the book and would say that fans of Elizabeth George's other books should pick it up, as well as anyone looking for a good character read.