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ISOLATION
by Mary Anna Evans
Poisoned Pen, August 2015
288 pages
$26.95
ISBN: 1464204020


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In this latest in the Faye Longchamp series, the archaeologist is adrift, devastated following a miscarriage. Her husband doesn't know how to help her, and it seems more than a little inconvenient that his father, an ex-con, has just come for a visit. Trying to stay out of her way, Faye's husband, son, and father-in-law have taken to having breakfast at a local café.

When the proprietress is found murdered one morning, it sets off a period of intense tension. Meanwhile, on her own island, Faye has discovered an environmental problem that's also shaken her. To top this off, two strangers in town doing research seem to think that they have uncovered an unseemly story about one of Faye's ancestors.

Who is responsible for the murder and why? When another local woman - and soon, Faye herself - come under threat, it's time for Faye to try and solve this mystery herself. The question is: can Faye snap out of her grief and distraction long enough to deal with the crisis at hand? How will her father-in-law play into the events that are unfolding? And what does Faye's history have to do with any of this?

Mary Anna Evans creates a fascinating tale that brings the past and present together to answer these questions. That we get to see into the challenge and humanity of the end of the Civil War and slavery is just a bonus to the main storyline, which has plenty of twists and turns to keep readers going.

Evans has created realistic, likeable, and not always predictable characters for this novel, and that, indeed, holds part of its charm. She enables her readers to see the many sides of individuals, as well as teach some lessons about how the past is uncovered, all the time keeping the mystery foremost in mind.

§ Christine Zibas is a freelance writer and former director of publications for a Chicago nonprofit.

Reviewed by Christine Zibas, August 2015

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