Dead Drop is the fourth Julia McAllister period mystery by Marilyn Todd. Released 29th Dec 2021 by Sapere, it's 230 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy
interactive table of
contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've
really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For
Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU
subscription library to borrow and read for free (along with the rest of the series).
This is a very well written period murder mystery with a strong,
intelligent, and sympathetic female protagonist. This is the fourth book
in the series, but the mystery is self contained and all background info is written into the story. The plotting is spare and
tightly controlled. The technical aspects of the writing are well done
(dialogue, characterization, etc) and unobtrusive. It's an engrossing
read. It's not a cozy, it's serious and in some places gritty. The
crime scene descriptions which Julia photographs were so well described they raised goosebumps.
It's always
fun to find a new to me author and series to read. I would
recommend this one to fans of period mysteries. I'm looking forward to
more from this author. This is the fourth book, and the series would make a good candidate for a rainy weekend binge read.
Four and a half stars. I really enjoyed this book.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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