Killer Soul Mate: A Jane Larson Mystery

The Hickses’ suspenseful fourth Jane Larson mystery (after 2017’s Mind Me, Milady) nimbly balances the feisty New York City attorney’s personal life with a whodunit plotline. Faced with a bitter battle with her landlady, who’s seeking to oust her from her office and apartment, the solo practitioner welcomes the distraction of a new case, helping her friend Jasmine get out of an unfavorable divorce settlement. When Jane gets a copy of the signed agreement, she doubts its legitimacy, and her suspicions are bolstered by a handwriting expert. When Larson and Jasmine seek out Jasmine’s former attorney, Kevin Whyte, in his office, they find him dead, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Evidence surfaces that Whyte was murdered, and other homicides follow before the action-packed climax. The Hickses do a superior job of keeping readers guessing about the killer’s identity. Fans of capable but flawed female leads will be pleased. (Self-published)