It’s bit early for a beach trash novel, but Shaffer’s Hope
Rides Again earns a spot on the list. As Joe Biden is feeling out running
for the presidency, he visits Barack Obama in Chicago. Obama’s Blackberry goes
missing and the two men set out to solve the crime. There are improbabilities
galore and lots of inside political jokes about Chicago and both men. It is
occasionally funny, but mostly it is confusing and lame. Save your money. Go
swimming at beach and take this book in the water with you.
