(originally posted on May 23, 2005)
With this fourth stellar effort (due out in a couple of weeks) Spencer-Fleming ratchets up the tension by switching from more traditional mystery format to that of a thriller as Clare and Russ get embroiled in a missing persons case that affects Millers Kill townsfolk in surprising, sometimes shocking ways. It goes to show that it doesn't take much for someone to cross seemingly uncrossable lines. And the tension between Clare and Russ remains maddeningly believable, but don't you think it's time Linda got to have her say?
