MYSTERY

The King's Jar: A Dani O'Rourke Mystery

by Susan C. Shea
Top Five Bks. May 2013. 288p. ISBN 9781938938047. pap. $14. M
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Emotions are running high at San Francisco's Devor Museum due to the upcoming exhibition of the King's Jar, a rare African artifact. Then, the archeologist most closely attached to the artifact is murdered and the urn goes missing. Dani O'Rourke (Murder in the Abstract), chief museum fundraiser, had heard the late professor bad-mouth another one of the exhibition's key players, and she wonders if the antipathy was mutual. Damage control goes into overdrive as the museum hunts for the urn and the police hunt down a killer. Mix in an eccentric graduate student and some narcissistic socialites, and Dani has her hands full. She's already feeling a little vulnerable when she stumbles over the next victim.
VERDICT This San Francisco-based cozy is fresh, fast-paced, and great fun. Shea's characters' professional and personal foibles are done especially well. Just right for fans of Kate Carlisle, Sheila Connelly, and Maggie Barbieri.
Reviewed by Teresa L. Jacobsen , Apr 01, 2013
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