Book Review: Fair Warning

After having lived on a steady diet of thrillers for over two decades, returning to Michael Connelly's Fair Warning is like comfort food. You know it's going to be exciting, backed by solid investigative work, and featuring a set of well-etched characters you actually care for. And I wasn't disappointed. Thus what opens as a mysterious death of a woman, someone who reporter Jack McEvoy had a one-night stand with months ago, becomes so much more in a briskly-paced high-stakes whodunnit that delves into the murky world of incels (involuntary celibates) and DNA testing, and the ethical and privacy concerns that come along with it. The plotting is dexterous, as is the sleuthing, and the tension is nail-biting, with Connelly putting his crime reporting skills to fantastic use. Highly recommended!