Electric City

Two employees of a newspaper clipping service come to Jane da Silva when one of their co-workers goes missing; they have heard that she had tried to solve seemingly hopeless cases and they think she might be able to track their co-worker down. Before too long, Jane is heading toward eastern Washington, a far different environment from Seattle, and learning all sorts of things about horses, apples and blackmail…. This third (of four) novel in the Jane da Silva series made me a bit nuts, primarily because the co-workers mention that there are four of them doing this work, including the missing woman, but then later Jane meets the *four* co-workers, and this simple mathematical mistake should never have been made. Okay, that’s a bit show more picky, but it’s the kind of thing that a simple read-through would have caught, so it bugs me. As far as the story goes, there’s a lot of misdirection this time around, and a slew of sub-characters who are caught up in the mystery in various ways, perhaps a few too many really. But it’s still quite breezy and entertaining, and I do continue to like Jane, even though in this story she seems to be frequently weepy and there’s a bit too much of a “this woman needs a man to take care of her” vibe; still, only one more book to go, so mildly recommended. show less