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It might be a #MeToo backlash when a fearless feminists rhetoric is used to frame her for the murders of several misogynists.Though shes always seen herself as a feminist firebrand, particularly compared to her neighbors in Zinnia, Mississippi, Sarah Booth Delaney has nothing on her newest client, Alala Diakos. Dr. Diakos is a Greek professor whos come to town to work on her latest, a nonfiction book on womens struggle for equality, and shes been practicing what she preaches all over Zinnia. Her thoughts on the patriarchy, particularly on what should happen to male abusers, seem uncomfortably linked to a series of mysterious deaths of men from Alalas academic circles, though she swears shes being framed. Alala hires the Delaney Detective Agency after the latest fatality, well-known local wife beater Curtis Miller, who Alala insists wasnt the victim of her extermination-focused justice. Another obvious suspect in Curtis death, his beleaguered wife, Tansy, seems easy to rule out because of the many times she let Curtis drive her home from the emergency room after he put her there; in fact, she was in the ER for a sprained wrist when Curtis was shot. But if Alala isnt behind Curtis death, who is? Sarah Booth and her partner, Tinkie Richmond, dig in, though their usual meddling is hampered as Tinkie approaches what feels like her one-millionth trimester. Sarah Booths boyfriend, Sheriff Coleman Peters, provides some assistance, though theres no time for much romance between the two. As for Jitty, the resident haint of Sarah Booths ancestral home, her cryptic help is only a sign that Jitty wants to steal the spotlight.Tackling timely matters puts a serious spin on a usually lighter series. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.


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Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

It might be a #MeToo backlash when a fearless feminist’s rhetoric is used to frame her for the murders of several misogynists. Though she’s always seen herself as a feminist firebrand, particularly compared to her neighbors in Zinnia, Mississippi, Sarah Booth Delaney has nothing on her newest client, Alala Diakos. Dr. Diakos is a Greek professor who’s come to town to work on her latest, a nonfiction book on women’s struggle for equality, and she’s been practicing what she preaches all over Zinnia. Her thoughts on the patriarchy, particularly on what should happen to male abusers, seem uncomfortably linked to a series of mysterious deaths of men from Alala’s academic circles, though she swears she’s being framed. Alala hires the Delaney Detective Agency after the latest fatality, well-known local wife beater Curtis Miller, who Alala insists wasn’t the victim of her extermination-focused justice. Another obvious suspect in Curtis’ death, his beleaguered wife, Tansy, seems easy to rule out because of the many times she let Curtis drive her home from the emergency room after he put her there; in fact, she was in the ER for a sprained wrist when Curtis was shot. But if Alala isn’t behind Curtis’ death, who is? Sarah Booth and her partner, Tinkie Richmond, dig in, though their usual meddling is hampered as Tinkie approaches what feels like her one-millionth trimester. Sarah Booth’s boyfriend, Sheriff Coleman Peters, provides some assistance, though there’s no time for much romance between the two. As for Jitty, the resident haint of Sarah Booth’s ancestral home, her cryptic “help” is only a sign that Jitty wants to steal the spotlight. Tackling timely matters puts a serious spin on a usually lighter series. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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