Publishers
Weekly (starred
review)
April,
24, 2006
Iron
Ties
Poisoned
Pen,
$24.95 (369p)
ISBN: 1590582624
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Set
in the summer
of 1880,
Parker's
outstanding
second Silver
Rush mystery
(after 2003's Silver
Lies )
finds her
heroine,
Inez Stannert,
corset-deep
in the intrigues
of Leadville,
Colo. Inez's
secret courtship
with the
Rev. Justice
B. Sands
is as heated
as the conflict
over the
incoming
railroad.
When the
local authorities
question
the reliability
of Inez's
friend,
photographer
Susan Carothers,
who witnesses
a shooting
and explosion
along the
rail line,
it's up
to Inez
to discover
the truth.
In one of
the many
nice twists
in this
appealing
adventure,
the attractive
railroad
man Inez
meets during
her investigation
turns out
to be one
of the good
reverend's
Civil War
comrades.
In an effort
to increase
business
at the Silver
Queen saloon,
Inez's business
partner,
Abe Jackson,
engages
an acting
couple to
perform.
None too
happily,
Inez realizes
why the
beautiful
actress
seems so
familiar.
A ragged
piece of
cloth becomes
a major
clue as
the clock
ticks and
the town
readies
for a visit
from former
U.S. president
Ulysses
S. Grant.
Plenty of
convincing
action bodes
well for
a long and
successful
series.(June)
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