When Jimmy Gillespie's old classmate is found dead of an apparent suicide, Jimmy gets involved in the investigation into a death that is similar to mysterious killings in his own family. By the author of Libel the Dead.
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From Publishers Weekly
Fink's first book, The Leaf Boats, was a multigenerational tale about Chicago's Gillespie family, centering around a triple murder. It was a riveting piece of fiction, if only a so-so mystery. The same judgment applies here, in Fink's third book, the second Gillespie mystery. TV reporter Jimmy Gillespie must deal with the apparent suicide of friend and anchorwoman Marlee Roberts, whose wrists were slashed in much the same way as those of two other women, both patients of a mysterious doctor. Reporter Karen Kohl covers the story, links the women, bags Marlee's old job and beds her acerbic, married boss. As two cops and a deluded woman trail the missing doc, Karen's terminal weirdness escalates and Jimmy wallows in the aftermath of his own family tragedy. The prose here is gentle and measured, the tone subdued; plot remains this talented author's Achilles' heel. Like a great many less skillful practitioners, he enlists too few suspects and tosses out too obvious a red herring; he also draws too clear a connection between one woman's sexuality and her evil character.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Chicagoan Fink uses the Windy City as a backdrop for the sequel to Leaf Boats (1991), his successful first novel. Jimmy Gillespie, veteran investigative reporter for Chicago's Channel 2 news, is shocked when his friend, anchorwoman Marlee Roberts, is found dead in her bathtub with her wrists slit. The cops soon determine that Marlee was murdered, the victim of a serial killer stalking Chicago's Near North neighborhoods. Not satisfied with the cops' progress, Jimmy sets out to find the killer and is soon lost in a maze of frustrating dead ends. Slow getting started, the story picks up steam quickly, with darkly menacing overtones that promise a stunning climax. Unfortunately, when the answer to the mystery is revealed, it's so completely unexpected that it's bound to leave readers feeling vaguely disgruntled. Still, there's plenty of action and intrigue, and though the book doesn't quite live up to the promise of its predecessor, most libraries shouldn't give up on the series just yet. Emily Melton
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