Russ Van Alstyne is police chief in the small fictional town of Millers Kill, NY in the 1990s. A young woman is found dead by the side of a local road with no obvious signs to indicate the cause of death. The situation is too close for comfort for Russ who was a primary suspect in a very similar death back in 1972. Yet a third death in 1952 also strongly resembles the other two. Russ and his police team realize their job is difficult trying to solve 3 crimes committed decades apart. Mixed in with this is pressure from local townspeople and politicians as solving the crimes might just be the catalyst to prevent an upcoming referendum from getting passed that aims to eliminate the entire local police force and bump their duties to the state police.
This is the ninth Russ Van Alstyne/Clare Fergusson mystery and I did feel like I was missing a bit of back story by not having read any of the previous books. It took awhile for me to read - partly due to adulting, but also because it is more of a slow burn mystery rather than fast paced and the dialogue did seem to drag on at times. The author does a great job of setting the environment in her writing for each of the three time periods.
Overall, this was a very interesting premise - I would recommend it if you like slow burn mysteries!
This is the ninth Russ Van Alstyne/Clare Fergusson mystery and I did feel like I was missing a bit of back story by not having read any of the previous books. It took awhile for me to read - partly due to adulting, but also because it is more of a slow burn mystery rather than fast paced and the dialogue did seem to drag on at times. The author does a great job of setting the environment in her writing for each of the three time periods.
Overall, this was a very interesting premise - I would recommend it if you like slow burn mysteries!