Name: A Flush of Shadows
ISBN: 9780312130756

Kate Wilhelm

A collection of the shorter cases of Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn, the husband-and-wife detective team, includes "With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope," "Torch Song," "All for One," "Sister Angel," and "The Gorgon Field."

Five Short Novels Featuring Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn

A Flush of Shadows

Kirsten Simkiss

** spoiler alert **
           While I enjoy mysteries as a genre, the thing that kills a good mystery for me is the use of a deus ex machina as a plot device. While some might be interested in trying to solve mysteries involving unidentified supernatural humans who murder people with their psychic abilities, it makes it very hard on a reader like me that tries to work out the story as it goes along.

Three of five of these stories depend on such abilities or magic. The other two I greatly preferred, although I didn’t love them. They were well written mysteries with an edge of suspense. I never loved the characters, but neither did I dislike them.

All in all, I feel it was fun to try a new mystery writer, but this author just isn’t for me.

A Flush of Shadows Five Short Novels Featuring Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn