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Here's another example of why I like this author. Zafiro has proven to me that he's a versatile author.
In this story he stays within the world of River City but delivers a classic locked-room whodunit. Laced with a classic cast of characters, from the snooty academic to an ex-con, officers Elias and Finch try to solve the theft of a valuable mummy.
This was a nice light change of pace but never forgetting the grittiness of River City. The ex-con, in particular, was written with enough understated menace that you could feel the author was taking it easy on the reader. This story could easily have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
Nicely done.
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