One Final Turn: An Electra McDonnell Novel

Burglar-turned-spy Electra McDonnell plunges deep into her complicated past in the satisfying fifth and final series entry from Weaver (after Locked in Pursuit). Before Electra was born, her life was already convoluted: her father was murdered, and her pregnant mother was convicted of killing him. Electra was subsequently raised by criminals before the British military recruited her to run intelligence during WWII. It’s in that capacity that Electra has learned that her father was a German spy, which may have been the reason he was killed. Furthermore, her cousin Toby, who’d been captured by the Germans early in the war, is still alive and headed for Lisbon. Electra is sent to Portugal to track Toby down under the supervision of a new handler, since her former one, Major Ramsey—for whom Electra is nursing romantic feelings—dismissed her from his team for fumbling a case. Weaver manages to tie up the series’ loose ends without shortchanging the core chase plot. Readers will miss Electra and her cohort, but Weaver has given them a worthy send-off. (June)