Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 5/7/2023 + 1031 more book reviews

Ninth in the Gabriel duPre series, and probably better for a new reader to start earlier in the series and become more acquainted with the characters. I liked this one, there's more mystery and less political biting at incompetent government, but you still get a bit of that. There's a murder to be solved, of course, and this time it's tied in with the tragedy of drug use in rural communities. As always it's the language and the imagery that really hook the reader. The description of the dry conditions, just waiting for a spark, are very vivid. Again as always there is more than a little touch of the supernatural that allows DuPre to figure it out, although this time it's Madeleine who gets the action. I'm not sure the twist at the end was all that necessary, it seemed to me that what Bowen had already set up would have been enough explanation. But all in all, I enjoyed it. Six more to go in the series.

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