# A book suggestion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [April 28, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990 "2021-04-28T21:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stosh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/1 "2021-04-28T21:53:23Z")
A while ago, I asked about author’s who were similar to John Sanford. Someone ( I don’t remember who) suggested a book called “Spindown” by Andy Crawford. I got the book and it’s very good. Thank you-whoever you are. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/2 "2021-04-28T23:46:02Z")
Could it have been the author’s thread? > [@Presenting my third novel, sci-fi thriller "Spindown"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-my-third-novel-sci-fi-thriller-spindown/822377): > > So I just published my third novel, and I’d like to tell the Dope about it. I posted about my first two here in Cafe Society, so I’m assuming that it’s still okay to do so. It’s available as an ebook right now; if it somehow becomes a hit, I’ll make a paperback version. It’s called “Spindown”, and it’s a murder-mystery/thriller in space. Here’s the back cover blurb (ebooks don’t have back covers, but you get the idea): The wonderful cover art is by Doper GuanoLad – book covers are a regular… > [@John Sanford "prey" books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-sanford-prey-books/938977/16): > > BTW, if anyone’s interested in a police-procedural-ish mystery story on a spaceship (with some action-thriller stuff thrown in), there’s a great book called [Spindown](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07HVWCFFJ/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_4368549507?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8) by [an author who’s also an active Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii/). ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/3 "2021-04-29T04:34:55Z")
Hey, I think I know that hippo! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/4 "2021-04-29T06:48:11Z")
Wow, fantastic! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. If you wouldn’t mind, I’d greatly appreciate it if you left an online review, at Amazon or wherever you purchased it. Always wonderful to hear that someone appreciates my work. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/5 "2021-04-29T14:49:47Z")
I just bought Spindown from Amazon. Looking forward to reading it as soon as I’m done with the book I’m currently reading; I’ve never read a book written by a Doper before! I’ll leave an Amazon review when I get done. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/6 "2021-04-29T14:53:02Z")
Wonderful! Thanks so much, and I hope you enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![stosh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/7 "2021-04-29T15:31:52Z")
It’s a great book. You’ll like it. ---
**Author:** ![stosh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/8 "2021-04-29T15:32:27Z")
It’s a great book. You’ll like ity. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/9 "2021-04-29T16:02:10Z")
Man, that is the ultimate compliment – a favorable review from someone who didn’t remember that it was a Doper’s book. I’ll go looking for this after I finish my current one. ---
**Author:** ![stosh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/10 "2021-04-29T18:29:04Z")
I’m just happy that it’s a good book and it is. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/11 "2021-04-30T00:00:31Z")
I just bought it from B&N for my nook. I’ll read it after my current book (The Expanse). ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/12 "2021-04-30T00:36:02Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Man, that is the ultimate compliment – a favorable review from someone who didn’t remember that it was a Doper’s book. I’ll go looking for this after I finish my current one. > [@RitterSport](#): > > I just bought it from B&N for my nook. I’ll read it after my current book (The Expanse). Thanks so much for giving it a chance! I really hope you both enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/13 "2021-04-30T06:47:59Z")
I’ll second/third/fourth/wherever we’re up to on it being an enjoyable read (and I did leave you a review too). ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/14 "2021-04-30T08:39:50Z")
Awesome! Thank you kindly! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/15 "2021-05-03T14:59:33Z")
I just bought it. I’ll leave a review when I’m done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/16 "2021-05-03T17:11:25Z")
Wonderful and thank you! Happy reading! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/17 "2021-05-03T17:29:30Z")
Amazon’s search engine has really gone downhill. I went to the site and entered Spindown in the category books. It sent me to a book titled Spin Down. I had to tell it I had the correct spelling and wanted Spindown. It sent me to a link for a completely different book that was “sponsored”. I had to tell it I wanted a book titled Spindown. It sent me to the kindle edition of Spindown. I had to tell it again that I wanted a book. It sent me to the page for what I had been asking for. Four tries before the search engine found what I was asking for even when I was giving it the exact information for what I wanted. It’s like an anti-search engine that’s steering customers away from what they’re actually looking for. God help anyone who’s looking for something they’re not 100% sure about. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/18 "2021-05-03T17:50:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I went to the site and entered Spindown in the category books. > > It sent me to a book titled Spin Down. I had to tell it I had the correct spelling and wanted Spindown. > > It sent me to a link for a completely different book that was “sponsored”. I had to tell it I wanted a book titled Spindown. > > It sent me to the kindle edition of Spindown. I had to tell it again that I wanted a book. > > It sent me to the page for what I had been asking for. I tried searching Books for Spindown on Amazon (with my browser in incognito mode, so it wouldn’t be influenced by my past searches/purchases). Like you, I first got responses for “Spin Down” and had to tell it I really did mean “Spindown,” but when I did that, @iiandyiiii’s book was the first to come up, and it clearly showed that it was available in Kindle and Paperback formats. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/19 "2021-05-03T18:20:43Z")
Here’s the link that at least works for the US Amazon store. It goes to the Kindle version, but I think it’s easy to click over to paperback. [https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07HVWCFFJ](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07HVWCFFJ) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990/20 "2021-05-03T18:30:19Z")
And here’s a link to [iiandyiiii’s store](https://www.amazon.com/Andy-Crawford/e/B00EZEDVOE/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0) on Amazon… (Did you really write a book about _The Penis Mightier?_ Because I’ve wasted a pretty penny on those before I don’t mind telling you…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-suggestion/940990.md?page=2)