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From Publishers Weekly
Left lying for hours in a rain-splattered Los Angeles alley with a bullet in her brain, political firebrand Dr. Emily Duschamps is comatose. Her sister Maggie MacGowen, a filmmaker/amateur sleuth last seen in No Harm , searches Los Angeles for the would-be murderer in this sharply written mystery. Although beloved by her colleagues and community, Emily has a formidable list of enemies including the FBI, a couple who believe she killed their son, former activists and politicians. These comprise the initial list of suspects. Numbered among her friends are some of the most influential people in the city and, contrary to Maggie's hope, the evidence indicates that one of them is the would-be assassin. Her investigation takes her through skid row, into the past and their family's antiwar activism and into a murderous trap from which she barely escapes. Maggie is up against an assailant ready to kill and determined to reveal some secrets about Emily's politics that could destroy the only thing she has left--her reputation. Hornsby's cinematic eye for detail, witty dialogue and credible surprise ending yield a compelling and evocative read.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Documentary filmmaker Maggie MacGowen, summoned to Los Angeles by sister Emily on the anniversary of their brother's death, finds the famous former radical (now a doctor) in the hospital close to death. After notifying her parents and falling in with the engaging Detective Flint, Maggie sets out to find the person who shot her beloved sister. She searches from the gutters to the ballroom of L.A. and questions everyone from street people to friends from Emily's war-protesting days. Hornsby captures her setting and characters well, writes with panache, and maintains suspense with a smooth hand. A delight, better than her previous Half a Mind ( LJ 1/90).
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Left lying for hours in a rain-splattered Los Angeles alley with a bullet in her brain, political firebrand Dr. Emily Duschamps is comatose. Her sister Maggie MacGowen, a filmmaker/amateur sleuth last seen in No Harm , searches Los Angeles for the would-be murderer in this sharply written mystery. Although beloved by her colleagues and community, Emily has a formidable list of enemies including the FBI, a couple who believe she killed their son, former activists and politicians. These comprise the initial list of suspects. Numbered among her friends are some of the most influential people in the city and, contrary to Maggie's hope, the evidence indicates that one of them is the would-be assassin. Her investigation takes her through skid row, into the past and their family's antiwar activism and into a murderous trap from which she barely escapes. Maggie is up against an assailant ready to kill and determined to reveal some secrets about Emily's politics that could destroy the only thing she has left--her reputation. Hornsby's cinematic eye for detail, witty dialogue and credible surprise ending yield a compelling and evocative read.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Documentary filmmaker Maggie MacGowen, summoned to Los Angeles by sister Emily on the anniversary of their brother's death, finds the famous former radical (now a doctor) in the hospital close to death. After notifying her parents and falling in with the engaging Detective Flint, Maggie sets out to find the person who shot her beloved sister. She searches from the gutters to the ballroom of L.A. and questions everyone from street people to friends from Emily's war-protesting days. Hornsby captures her setting and characters well, writes with panache, and maintains suspense with a smooth hand. A delight, better than her previous Half a Mind ( LJ 1/90).
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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