This first Joanna Piercy mystery by Priscilla Masers was hard to find; finally took the large print edition because I wanted to start the series from the beginning.
It is a first novel, all right; it's kind of lightweight, and the premises on which Joanna pursues the case and is convinced she can prove it's a murder are kind of thin, to say the least.
She sets up a problematic relationship with a married pathologist who doesn't seem to have very strong ethical values, and I am hoping she doesn't keep him going as a love interest for Joanna in future novels.
Her later novels have had raves in England. Why am I interested in these mysteries? My maiden name is Piercy, and I think it will be fun to share these with my sisters.
It is a first novel, all right; it's kind of lightweight, and the premises on which Joanna pursues the case and is convinced she can prove it's a murder are kind of thin, to say the least.
She sets up a problematic relationship with a married pathologist who doesn't seem to have very strong ethical values, and I am hoping she doesn't keep him going as a love interest for Joanna in future novels.
Her later novels have had raves in England. Why am I interested in these mysteries? My maiden name is Piercy, and I think it will be fun to share these with my sisters.
