The Dead Sit Round in a Ring Author:David Lawrence Detective Stella Mooney has a vicious little vodka habit and a badly shredding love-life, but mostly what she had is a case that?s driving her crazy, about four cult-members who committed ritual suicide and the thug who seems to have?come along for the ride? The plot?s a cracker, but the secret pleasure here is Stella: messy, conflicted, angry, ... more »aging, and extraordinarily interesting.« less