Against all evidence, New York insurance executive Walter Fairfax's widow is convinced her husband did not commit suicide. Mrs. Fairfax hires ex-Marine, ex-cop-turned-P.I. Charlie Doherty to investigate Walter's death. Charlie discovers not only Mr. Fairfax's link to a much wider-ranging, more sinister plot but also the truth about his own benefactor, Harriman Van Dorn.
A follow-up to Terrence McCauley's 2013 novel Slow Burn, The Fairfax Incident is set a year later, 1933. I haven't read the previous novel, but Charlie's world-weary voice and McCauley's eye for detail quickly transported me to the period. And just as Charlie seems a pawn in the larger scheme of the story, I have to admire McCauley's use of The Fairfax Incident to tie Charlie into his University espionage series.
The Fairfax Incident goes on sale June 5.
The Fairfax Incident goes on sale June 5.
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