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Pentecost and Parker

Book Review: Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood

By Angie Barry

December 9, 2021

Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood is the second Pentecost and Parker Mystery, a delightfully hardboiled high-wire act starring two daring woman sleuths dead set on justice as they set out to solve a murder at a traveling circus. It’s 1946 and Willowjean “Will” Parker has been the right-hand woman to private detective Lillian…

Book Review: Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

By Angie Barry

October 22, 2020

Fortune Favors the Dead opens with a real corker: “The first time I met Lillian Pentecost, I nearly caved her skull in with a piece of lead pipe.” And, BAM!—we already know we’re in for a thrilling ride. It’s 1940’s New York, and our heroes are an unconventional pair. For starters, they’re not heroes—they’re heroines.…

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