Earl Emerson is a fire fighter right here in Seattle and he's a marvelous man but I've just never been interested in his books. But, Anne Petersen, my friend in Denmark sent me e-mail saying 'Earl's new book is called Catfish Cafe. Didn't we eat there when I visited??' Well, she is right. The Catfish Cafe of the book is really the Catfish Corner, one of my favorite places for dinner. So I really liked the book. The characters - Thomas Black, private investigator and his friend and former police partner, Luther, transverse the streets within 3 miles of where I'm typing this all throughout the book. It really made the book fun for me. ( )