Credible Threat (Book 15, Ali Reynolds Series)

LOCAL AUTHOR
Credible Threat knows the killer from the start, so the interest lies in the tension created by the race between Rachel’s attempt to kill the archbishop and Ali’s efforts to protect him. This works from Rachel’s side: her determination to right the wrong, her mental deterioration as she gets closer to her goal, and her uncaring coldness as she frames a local homeless man are well told. Not so for Ali’s side: a secondary theme, an overseas emergency involving one of her firm’s clients, distracts from the main story, and a significant part of the detecting is done by Frigg, a super powerful artificial intelligence program, although Rachel puts the pieces together. Credible Threat is skillfully written and will appeal to the many fans of J. A. Jance.