book review: All Day and a Night by Alafair Burke
The backstory: Alafair Burke is one of my favorite mystery writers. All Day and a Night is the fifth novel in her NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher series (reviews of the first four: Dead Connection , Angel's Tip , 212 , and Never Tell. ) Also see my reviews of the three titles in her Portland ADA Samantha Kincaid series ( Judgment Calls , Missing Justice , and Close Case ) and her two stand alone mysteries ( Long Gone and If You Were Here ). The basics: When Brooklyn psychiatrist Helen Brunswick is murdered in a similar manner to how six prostitutes were murdered by Anthony Amaro in Utica and New York City twenty years ago, Ellie Hatcher and her partner are tasked with taking a fresh look at the original victims to see if the same person could have killed all the women. Amaro is in prison, so he didn't kill Brunswick. My thoughts: As much as I love police procedural mysteries, there are special places in my heart for both stories about wrongful convictions and ...