Goodreads Overview:
A terrible fire in a wealthy suburban home leaves a married couple dead and Detective Lindsay Boxer and her partner Rich Conklin searching for clues. And after California's golden boy, Michael Campion has been missing for a month, there finally seems to be a lead in his case--a very devastating lead.
As fire after fire consume couples in wealthy, comfortable homes, Lindsay and the Murder Club must race to find the arsonists responsible and get to the bottom of Michael Campion's disappearance. But suddenly the fires are raging too close to home.
Frightened for her life and torn between two men, Lindsay must find a way to solve the most daunting dilemmas she's ever faced--at work and at home.
Jacque's Review:
This is the 7th book in the Women's Murder Club series. In this installment the ladies are working to catch a serial killer or killers who are targeting wealthy couples. Robbery doesn't appear to be the primary motive. Lindsay and her partner, Rich Conklin, are baffled by the fact that there are next to no clues at any of the scenes and there aren't any signs of forced entry. The only clues that they can find to connect all of the crimes, besides the consistent MO of fire, are the books left at the scenes of the crimes with quotes written in Latin with the same handwriting.
In addition, Yuki Castellano is the prosecuting attorney in the case of the missing Michael Campion. He is the son of a very wealthy politician who was born with a genetic heart condition. His parents have always guarded him and he has basically lived in a bubble his entire life. He disappeared out of the blue with no trace. After a month, the San Francisco PD receive a credible anonymous tip. Lindsay and Rich follow up on it and a young prostitute, Junie Moon, is charged for his murder. She confessed to the crime, but now she is claiming Lindsay and Rich pressured her into a confession and it isn't true. She originally told a remarkable story, but there are no clues to back up what she claimed.
The entire Michael Campion situation panned out exactly the way I thought it might in the end. I don't want to give anything away, but it was a bit predictable given the lack of evidence. The cases involving the fires and murders was far more difficult to crack and that is what really propelled this story forward. The entire Women's Murder club came together to solve a devastating string of high profile murders. The team caught a major break when the killers slipped up on what was supposed to be their grand finale. The clues quickly piled up and Lindsay and Rich were hot on the trail.
Overall, this was a highly entertaining murder mystery. I am enjoying the series and will definitely continue. The author is hinting at a possible love triangle between Lindsay, Joe, and Rich, which I don't think is really necessary in this series. I thought Lindsay was finally going to be happy now that Joe moved to San Francisco. He proposed in the previous book, but she still hasn't accepted because she doesn't think she is ready. They are now living together, but her work is definitely the priority in her life at the moment. Throughout this book some events start to put things into perspective. I hope she makes the right decisions moving forward in this series.
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