IN A MIDNIGHT WOOD Jane Lawless, Book 27

Narrator Christina Moore deftly depicts a weekend in Castle Lake, Minnesota. P.I. Jane Lawless and her best friend, Cordelia, are attending the town's art festival. Listeners will have fun meeting the diverse locals. Then a shocking event unfolds. The body of high school senior Sam Romilly is discovered, making clear that his disappearance 20 years earlier was foul play. Moore's Lawless is courteous and approachable as she investigates, gathering information for her cold case podcast. As chapters switch from the present day to 1999, the characters sound appropriate as their adult and younger selves. In addition to engaging bits of nostalgia, a hint a Lawless's future love life and her boisterous relationship with Cordelia guarantee a congenial listen. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2020]