One of Our Own: A Gregor Demarkian Novel

Gregor Demarkian, former FBI agent and consultant, is ready to retire. He and his wife Bennis have agreed to foster a child, Javier, with a mysterious past and limited language skills. He's called once again to join an investigation. Marta Warkowski, a reclusive older woman, is found bound up in a garbage bag after it falls out of the van. In a coma, Warkowski is unable to tell police how she ended up as she did. When they go to search her apartment, the police find the dead body of her building's super, a man with whom she has a history of conflict. Who killed the super? Why was she in the back of a van ... tied up in a garbage bag? Lots of action in this one .. lots of characters to follow ... and suspect. Added to the murder mystery is a parallel story of a local developer, Cary Alder. FBI have eyes o him ... but he isn't working alone. How does tie into the murder of a super ,,, and the attempted murder of the woman .. or is she the one who murdered the super? Twists and turns are compelling. Characters are all deftly drawn. The ending, although not totally unexpected, was satisfactory. Although 30th in the series, this reads easily as a stand alone. Many thanks to the author / St Martin's Press / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction/mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.