From Booklist
Coroner's assistant Liz Rooney (
Smoke Cover, 2004, and
Final Note, 2005) is back. When Marva Malin, the drama teacher at an exclusive Manhattan prep school, is found strangled in the auditorium, Liz is on the scene searching for clues. The fact that no one is upset about Malin's death indicates that suspects will be abundant. Liz's fiance, homicide detective Ike Eichle, interviews witnesses and searches for the weapon, while Liz divides her time between work and planning their upcoming wedding. When members of an al-Qaeda cell kidnap her, hoping to exchange her for their leader, who is imprisoned in Iraq, Liz finds a link between one of her captors and the crime at the school. The plot is a bit far-fetched, but it is very timely, and Liz and her friends make good company. An unlikely but engaging mix of traditional cozy elements with a terrorist suspense story.
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