“’Just remember. No criminal
has the power those with wealth and political clout have. The ultra criminals
use politics to thrive unmolested.’” ( Page 231)
If chief of campus police
Skeet Bannion liked politics she could have stayed with the Kansas City Police Department
where she just might have been their first female police chief. Instead, she
bailed out on the politics and more when she left for the calmer setting of
nearby Chouteau University. At least that was the plan though things have not
really worked out that way. Recent events in Every Last Secret have taught
her that there is no running from politics or her ties to Kansas City.
It has been a few months
since those events happened as Every Broken Trust begins. As a
favor to good friend Karen Wise, Skeet has agreed to open her home for a small
party to welcome the new dean of the Chouteau University Law School. George “Mel”
Melvin who has ties to Skeet, Karen, and many others is to be the new dean. The
guest list created by Karen is getting longer and longer as is the depth of complexity
to the party. Despite Karen's assurances that everything is going to be fine,
Skeet is getting more and more stressed by the upcoming party as well as some
of the people surrounding Mel.
The party turns out to be a
disaster, but not in the way Skeet had feared. After an incident with a drunk
at the party, Karen calls for help asking Skeet to come to a nearby underground
storage area known as “the Caves.” A complex built into the limestone caves
that run beneath the university is now is the scene of a murder victim and an
injured Karen. Leonard Klameth, one of many attending the party, is now dead
and Karen has suffered a serious head injury.
Who did this and why are the
first two threads of a puzzle that will cause Skeet Bannion to learn far more
than she ever wanted about the personal lives of those she thought of as
friends. “Like many things in this case, the truth was worlds apart from
appearances. A murder always opened a can or two of worms. Sometimes the worms
turned out to be snakes.” (Page 158)
This second novel in the series penned by author Linda Rodriguez lives up to the highly entertaining first book. Having well established the primary character of Skeet Bannion, the focus here character development wise is on the many other characters in her life such as her ward, Brian, her current possible romantic interest, Joe Louzon, her past romantic interest, Sam, and numerous other friends that first appeared in Every Last Secret. Her relationship with every single person in her life will be fundamentally altered in some way by the events that happen in Every Broken Trust. A complex cozy style read this latest book in the series is not only very good, it further establishes the fact that Skeet Bannion is a powerful character in her own right on every level.
Every Broken Trust: A Mystery
Linda Rodriguez
Minotaur Books (A Thomas Dunne
Book)
May 2013
ISBN# 978-1-250-03035-1
Hardback
304 Pages
$25.99
Material supplied by the good folks
of the Plano, Texas Public Library System. If you are in the area and would
like more information about Plano libraries go here.
My September 2012 review of Every Last Secret can be
found here.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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