Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery
In her fourth outing (afterBlack Widow s Wardrobe), Chicana sleuth Gloria Damasco has no idea that the road to finding stolen jewelry in the wine country of California's Shenandoah Valley will lead to murder, kidnapping, and great danger.VERDICTCorpi has constructed a twisting story line that confounds her intelligent detective and the reader at every turn. This will please readers looking for a fast-paced tale with a Hispanic cultural background. --Library JournalGloria Damasco, Corpi's Chicana detective, puts her clairvoyant powers to good use in her third case. Newly married, Gloria is enjoying life with husband Justin, who is also a partner in her detective agency. When Gloria's sister-in-law calls and asks her to help a friend who owns a winery in the Gold Country, she reluctantly agrees. Upon arriving at the winery, she finds far more than the burglary of some heirloom jewelry. Her recurrent dream of dark eyes watching her, a phantom horse and rider, a woman pleading for help, and the sensation of being trapped underwater may well be linked to the strange happenings at the estate. Mysterious accidents, the disappearance of a woman who may be a saint, and a ghost horse supposedly belonging to Joaquin Murrieta, a notorious bandit, are only the beginning. This mulilayered plot full of California history and Latin American lore will interest a wide variety of mystery readers.Barbara Bibel--Booklist