Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Sins of the Brother
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Mike Stewart
Class/Genre: Mystery
Series: Tom McInnis # 1
Putnam, Oct 1999, $23.95, 309 pp.
Attorney Tom McInnis works at the prestigious Mobile, Alabama law firm of Higgins and Thompson until he abruptly quits. After working endless days of long hours, jumping to the calls of the senior partners, and struggling to find more biddables, he decided to open his own practice. Tom averages less than twenty hours a week, has a home on the beach, and is finally enjoying life again. That changes when his mother calls with the information that his scapegrace younger brother Hall died under mysterious circumstances.
Tom returns to his hometown where his father promptly states that someone murdered Hall. Apparently, in spite of his low salary, Hall always seemed loaded with plenty of cash. The police think Hall was mixed up with drugs or gambling. Tom calls on people from both sides of the law to try to learn what happened to his sibling. However, his investigation is not a smooth path to a simple conclusion. If Tom knew the troubles he will bring upon himself and his innocent secretary would he have even started his inquiries?
Mike Stewart’s debut novel reads more as if the rookie was a seasoned author. The story line is filled with so many twists and turns that readers will not know when the next curve occurs until they are already partially in the spin. Tom is a caring character, which turns into the very trait that leaves him and his secretary in deep trouble. SINS OF THE BROTHER is a Southern suspense thriller with Gothic elements that will maintain reader interest from start to finish and into the next book in what appears to be an exciting new series.
Harriet Klausner
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