I didn't realize when I requested this book from the library that is was the third installment featuring Lily Kintner and Henry Kimball. I usually want to begin at the beginning (and I may eventually retrace my steps to find the first two volumes). At any rate, I didn't find that it affected my enjoyment of this novel.
It took a little while for the set-up, getting to know Martha Ratliff as a student and as a married woman and seeing her begin to have doubts about her rather dull husband. Wherever he attends a conference, when he leaves there's a dead woman. Since he's a travelling salesman, the bodies are stacking up. If he's guilty, Martha wants him stopped, but she's reluctant to go to the police. After all, she has no proof, just suspicions.
That's where Martha’s college friend Lily comes in. Martha needs a sounding board and she trusts Lily's judgement. The two women agree to work together to figure out what's going on. Things get complicated quickly.
The author takes us on a plausible trip, where the past can come back to haunt you and hurt you. Martha's taste in men is questionable to say the least. Lily's moral compass seems to be a bit off kilter. Her friend Henry seems to be pretty off balance by the end. None of the characters feel particularly real, but you can see that they are certainly possible. Suffice it to say that I am glad that none of them are real, although there are most likely unfortunates like them out there, unnoticed by anyone, even the police.
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