Title: STATE OF MOURNING
Product review: This 7th entry in the engrossing Temperance Brenneman series isn't quite as well done as the first six. Her continuing heads on with Ryan is getting a little old and redundant, but at least at the end, with Ryan's little surprise, maybe the sparring will ease up a little. Also, the inclusion of Anne and her marital problems added little to the story, simply providing Tempe a fall guy in the final scene. And why does Tempe insist on going into dangerous places with dangerous people without any kind of backup? In six novels, it's always gotten her in trouble. Reichs needs to make Tempe behave with a little more common sense.With that aside, MONDAY MOURNING has a compelling tale that slowly reaches a fiery climax. The true culprit is surprising, and Reichs does have a way with dialogue and humanizing her characters as in previous books. If the Anne scenes had been expunged, the book may have been a tighter more convincing read. As it is, it's still a good book by a talented writer.
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