All the Secret Places: A Gin Sullivan Mystery

Former Chicago medical examiner Virginia “Gin” Sullivan has returned to live in her hometown of Trumbull, Pa., in Carlisle’s enjoyable sequel to 2016’s Dark Road Home. She has renewed her relationship with her high school boyfriend, contractor Jake Crosby, who played a key role in the earlier book. Then things start to disrupt Gin’s tranquil routine. First, Jake begins to display a subtle, inexplicable coolness. Later, a fire (eventually determined to be arson) breaks out at the construction site of high-end homes into which Jake has sunk all his money. Finally, firefighters unearth the badly decomposed remains of a murder victim buried at the site. Attempts on Gin’s life raise the stakes, and she must face some old nemeses. Gin, Jake, and secondary characters all gain complexity in this above-average psychological mystery. [em]Agent: Barbara Poelle, Irene Goodman Literary Agency. (Sept.) [/em]