MYSTERY

The Kindness of Strangers

by Andy Weinberger
Prospect Park. (Amos Parisman Mysteries, Bk. 3). Apr. 2022. 294p. ISBN 9781684428175. $27.99; pap. ISBN 9781684428168. $17.99. M
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Amos Parisman calls himself the “best Jewish detective in LA,” but admits at least he’s the oldest one. He has few clients, and his wife, who has Alzheimer’s, is in a nursing home, so he shows up at a crime scene whenever Lieutenant Bill Malloy calls. Amos doesn’t recognize the dead woman in the dumpster, although he’s familiar with the neighborhood where she was killed. The woman lived on the street, and the LAPD doesn’t seem to care about solving her murder, even after a second person is killed, probably by the same weapon. When a third victim turns up, Amos begins to fear that the killer is targeting LA’s unhoused population. He follows connections that lead to a small church and a minister who preaches to people on the street.
VERDICT There’s a melancholy tone of loss in Weinberger’s follow-up to Reason To Kill. The purposeful pace is befitting of the aging Amos as he tackles a case whose victims are largely neglected by society.
Reviewed by Lesa Holstine , Mar 01, 2022
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