MYSTERY

The Guilty Dead

Crooked Lane. (Monkeewrench, Bk. 9). Sept. 2018. 336p. ISBN 9781683318583. $26.99. M
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OrangeReviewStarThe murder of a junkie in Hollywood kicks off a crime spree in Minneapolis a year later, and homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth follow the clues. Gregory Norwood's death appears, at first glance, to be a suicide, but because the Minnesota businessman and philanthropist died of a single gunshot to the head a year after the death of his son, Trey, Magozzi is suspicious, and pushes the crime-scene investigators to look further. While he and Gino focus on Norwood, Magozzi's partner, Grace MacBride, and her Monkeewrench team of computer geniuses are working on a pilot for a new software program that can track terrorist threats. Monkeewrench warns of a local plot, but it's Magozzi who connects the dots to a bomb at the local FBI offices, a building also occupied by Norwood's attorney. He also realizes Grace, pregnant with their child, is on site at that same building.
VERDICT Tracy combines the best qualities of a fast-paced thriller with an intricately plotted police procedural in this intense sequel to Nothing Stays Buried. There's a large cast of characters, but readers of the compelling Monkeewrench novels will have no problem following the suspenseful story.
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