Fourth in the Sigrid Harald series. Lt Harald's partner, Detective Tildon, was participating in a cribbage tournament in a posh hotel in New York when a bomb explodes at his table. Two are killed; Tildon along with his opponent, a Navy commander, are gravely wounded. Harald, despite a stab wound she incurred breaking up a kidnapping attempt, is determined to work the case herself. It's a nice classic whodunit that also builds up details of Harald's personal life, her friends and family. Set in the mid 80s, there's more emphasis on investigative footwork than forensics plus we get a lot of cribbage trivia. Maron starts off the book with short POV chapters from most of the involved characters and gives us a lot of potential suspects. I did figure out the villain about 3/4 of the way through, with what seemed like a really obvious clue, so perhaps Maron meant it to be that way. I like how she's slowly giving Harald more of an emotional life, with her housemate Roman and SO Nauman (I've read the series before, so I know what's coming up too) and I thought the whole jealousy thing with the Navy officer and Nauman was pretty funny. I found myself wanting more exploration of Commander TJ and her niece although it wasn't germane to the story. A nice entry to the series. A new reader could start here, it stands on its own very well.
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