Stone Quarry by S. J. Rozan extends an award-winning series with plot and personal repercussions from last year’s A Bitter Feast. Bill Smith and Linda Chin are attempting to mend their relationship by keeping a therapeutic distance she in the City, Bill at his upstate New York escape cabin. Even with classical music in the air, the boonies are not peaceful. Smith and Chin’s resolutions of past situations have led to a grim expansion of problems. A body in the basement of Smith’s favorite hangout and a woman requesting his expertise in tracking stolen art without police involvement force Smith to break his own policy of not working while on vacation. Rozan’s seamless writing ranges from glorious to no-frills, the action is backwoods tough, and Stone Quarry is consistently believable.
Tom Corcoran is the Florida-based author of The Mango Opera and the new Florida Keys mystery, Gumbo Limbo, both from St. Martin’s.
