Detective D.D.
Warren is working a cold case. Ten years ago, Jaylin Banks was
strangled in a stairwell of the campus library. She wasn’t sexually
assaulted and the three men who were in the library at the time, her
boyfriend and two security guards, have alibis. D.D. enlists the help
of profiler Pierre Quincy and his wife, Rainie Connor, a former
police officer, to help question the suspects.
The suspects are
interviewed, but no new information is elicited until D.D. begins to wonder if there was a 4th man. This line of thinking leads
to some new evidence and the case takes shape.
Although a short
story, about 40 pager, this is a full D.D. Warren detective story.
The questioning of suspects by Pierre and Raine is well done. It
keeps you guessing about who is telling the truth and whether they
will be able to identify the killer.
I love Lisa
Gardner’s mysteries. The characters are well drawn and even in a
story as short as this one, there are twists that keep you guessing.
If you’re a Lisa Gardner fan, don’t miss this one. If you’re
new to her novels, this is a good place to start.
I received this book
from Dutton for this review.
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