Larry Elin

Aug 1, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Stacy Willingham |Kathy Reichs |Larry Elin

A pair of detectives contend with corruption while trying to solve a bizarre pair of seemingly unrelated murders in Elin’s mystery. In 1969, police detective James Plishka’s life suddenly gets more complicated. The widower, who lives in Lackawanna, New York, is enjoying his burgeoning relationship with local waitress Jennifer Simon, but he’s having trouble connecting with his troubled teen son, Robert. His chief gives him a new trainee: Tom Baldwin, the only Black officer on the Lackawanna force.