Her Secret Christmas Agent

by Geri Krotow

Overview

Ex-seminarian turned seeker of lost soul, especially his own, Owen Keane attends his tenth high school reunion and finds himself the butt of a practical joke by the old gang.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781488005268
Publisher:	Harlequin
Publication date:	12/01/2016
Series:	Silver Valley P.D. , #3
Sold by:	HARLEQUIN
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	712,124
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Geri Krotow is the award winning mystery and romantic suspense author of over 35 novels including Geri's original Harlequin mini-series, Silver Valley PD and Cascade Confidential (Harlequin Romantic Suspense) and Whidbey Island (Harlequin Superromance). She has also written Colton books for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. She is the author of the recently acclaimed Kielbasa Queen cozy mystery series and the Shop 'Round the World cozy mystery series. A U.S. Navy veteran, Geri's stories often feature military characters and settings. Find out more at www.gerikrotow.com and connect with Geri on Facebook and Instagram.

Editorial Reviews

Owen Keane was studying in his preparation for the priesthood when he roamed the back roads of the midwest in Faherty's excellent 1993 The Lost Keats . Met again here, in 1978, he's a seminary drop-out and self-styled sleuth working in a Boston liquor store. At the 10th reunion of his class at Our Lady of Sorrows High School in New Jersey, Owen stumbles across--and solves--a mystery dating from senior year that left one classmate struggling hard with nightmares of drug use and duty in Vietnam. A leap ahead to 1988 finds Owen tending bar in Atlantic City and still addicted to finding answers, this time to questions about the recent death of that same classmate. Investigating in his laid back and largely cerebral manner, Owen uncovers further secrets shared by his old classmates. As one woman remarks, Owen's gift is that much that appears to escape him actually doesn't. He's a rare bird in crime fiction and while this tale sprawls and rambles in parts, its rewards are rich and surprising. (July)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

A unique story idea is the most notable feature of Faherty's latest mystery. Owen Keane, a student at Our Lady of Sorrows High School in the turbulent 1960s, is now a liquor-store employee with a fascination for mysteries. When he's invited to his 10-year high-school reunion, he decides to impress his former classmatesespecially the most popular clique, known as the Sorrowersby claiming to run his own detective agency. But his ruse backfires when one of the women at the reunion asks him to take on a bona fide blackmail case, and Owen finds himself involved in a convoluted, abstruse puzzle with roots deep in the past. The truth eludes him until 10 years later, when Owen returns to his twentieth reunion and discovers the shocking secret kept hidden by the Sorrowers for two decades. Unfortunately, while Faherty's plot is inventive and original, his lackluster dialogue and one-dimensional characters keep the novel from being much more than mildly entertaining. Still, it's recommendable for large mystery collections.

Emily Melton