5/19/2023 0 Comments Ransom River by Meg Gardiner![]() The evening sun bisected his field of vision. "Hack Shirazi braced himself in the open door of the helicopter and gazed across San Francisco Bay at the crowded ballpark. Gardiner writes in taut and spirited prose. President Robert McFarland himself (if that name sounds familiar it should be - he was Tasia's ex-husband). Beckett is fearless in her pursuit of anti-government extremist Tom Paine, and even U.S. She pores over song lyrics, interviews Ace Chennault, McFarland's biographer, and even puts herself conspicuously in harm's way in an attempt to solve the case. She opens the case and charges in with mental guns blazing. ![]() In a grand and public way? Was it heinous murder? Was it a simple stunt gone bad? ![]() ![]() The scientist must unravel the details of the death: Was it suicide In this installment - following on the heels of The Dirty Secrets Club and The Memory Collector - Beckett investigates the death of a once-popular singing star named Tasia McFarland. Gardiner is back for a third go-round with heroic forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, a no-nonsense heroine with equal parts moxy and and muscle. Book review: Meg Gardiner's *The Liar's Lullaby* ![]()
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