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A review by realadhdoug
No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose
4.5
The storytelling in this second novel of Karen Rose’s Baltimore series is absolutely masterful. Not only does she weave in characters from the previous novel (not to mention previous series), but she also introduces a whole new cast of characters. There are so many that it becomes hard to keep them straight, but I suspect that is why she is so good at fooling the reader with the “whodunit” aspect of the story. Honestly, I don’t know how she does it. She’s gotta have like 17 murder boards strung about her house, lol.
The inciting incident of this story occurs when a decades-long conspiracy literally crashes into Paige Holden—a PI-in-training who had just moved from Minneapolis to Baltimore. A recently acquired client, wounded from gunshots, hands Paige a piece of evidence exonerating her husband of a murder he’d been convinced of several years ago. Eventually, Paige ends up crossing paths with the love interest in the story, Grayson Smith, who happens to be the district attorney responsible for prosecuting her client’s husband. Together, the two join forces to unravel the cover-up and seek justice, not only the man who’d been falsely convicted, but also for a long list of victims they would eventually discover had also been denied justice.
What I love most about this story—in addition to the great cast of characters, suspenseful plot, and cleverly crafted mystery—is the theme moral complexity proposed in many of the situations faced by the characters. For example, they’re willing to risk the lives of other children in order to protect their own. The way people justify their actions makes you think about what you would do if you were in their situation. Even the “bad guys” have their reasons—if not “good” reasons, at least understandable ones.
Loved this book and can’t wait to start the next one!
The inciting incident of this story occurs when a decades-long conspiracy literally crashes into Paige Holden—a PI-in-training who had just moved from Minneapolis to Baltimore. A recently acquired client, wounded from gunshots, hands Paige a piece of evidence exonerating her husband of a murder he’d been convinced of several years ago. Eventually, Paige ends up crossing paths with the love interest in the story, Grayson Smith, who happens to be the district attorney responsible for prosecuting her client’s husband. Together, the two join forces to unravel the cover-up and seek justice, not only the man who’d been falsely convicted, but also for a long list of victims they would eventually discover had also been denied justice.
What I love most about this story—in addition to the great cast of characters, suspenseful plot, and cleverly crafted mystery—is the theme moral complexity proposed in many of the situations faced by the characters. For example, they’re willing to risk the lives of other children in order to protect their own. The way people justify their actions makes you think about what you would do if you were in their situation. Even the “bad guys” have their reasons—if not “good” reasons, at least understandable ones.
Loved this book and can’t wait to start the next one!