"For fans of skating, there's a little Nancy, some Tonya, a bit of Tara, and a lot of preliminary circling before the final action."
Thomson's third departs from his mystery successes (Breaking Faith, 1996, etc.) and closes with a fine account of the 2002 Olympic women's figure-skating finals—though a reader would have to be a real afficionado to still be interested.
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"Scoundrels of every stripe are intent on turning every possible social interaction into a greedy sellout—yet Thomson's expert carpentry allows each delectable double-cross its full weight before proceeding to the next."
Murder is only the beginning of an endless chain of malfeasance in this bare-knuckled rondelet of Boston politics.
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"A lightly entertaining mystery-caper, though it's not clear from the ending if newcomer Nase plans a return to the Boston jurisdiction."
Boston p.i., Nason Nichols, one jump ahead of a bulldog divorce lawyer's alimony demands, thinks his newest case—recovering the computer-chip technology that Dr. Bruce Platt took when he jumped ship from Zoltec Industries—will be routine.
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