Synopses & Reviews
Lilian Campbell and her best friend and lover, Ada Strauss, are woken early by the sound of sirens: the local nursing home, Nillewaug Village, is ablaze. The police and fire chiefs find evidence to suggest the fire was accidental, but Detective Mattie Perez can't help but wonder why the smoke alarms didn't work. Soon, it's looking less like accident and more like arson . . . and Lil and Ada are swept up into an investigation that grows increasingly more complex, and frightening, by the hour.
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"This winning second entry in a thriller series you simply must try will have you throwing out any assumptions you might have about gentle seniors" Library Journal
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"The second in Atkins' new series provides plenty of suspects, some complicated crimes and a conflicted pair of sleuths" Kirkus Reviews
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"The author effectively mixes a fast moving plot with commentary on important social issues" Booklist
About the Author
Charles Atkins is a practising psychiatrist, writer, professional speaker and member of the clinical faculty at Yale. He is the author of several psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories, articles and essays, and two non-fiction books. He is also the author of the new, well-regarded mystery series featuring elderly sleuths Lil and Ada.