Bad Bad Seymour Brown - Susan Isaacs

Bad Bad Seymour Brown - Susan Isaacs

Release Date: May 2, 2023

She read

This is the second in the Corie Geller series.  Although I have read both of them, this one works well as a stand alone.

Former FBI agent and an Arabic language translator, Corie is happily married to a judge and step mom to a teenager. She is dealing with PTSD due to a kidnapping and torture in the recent past.  During Covid, her parents moved in with them and are continuing to live there.  Her father is a retired NYPD detective.  One of his unsolved cases from twenty plus years ago was the arson murder of Seymour Brown and his wife.  Seymour was an accountant who worked with the Russian mob, helping to launder their money.  Their five year old daughter, April, managed to escape the house fire by jumping out a window.

When April, now a university professor, contacts Corie’s father because it appears someone tried to run her down, the father daughter team look into the case as well as try to solve the historical one.  Along the way, they decide to become licensed as PIs and become partners in a new business venture.   

With richly drawn characters, and Isaac’s signature wit, this is not a fast read. 

It is more of a slow burn.  The storyline strained credulity a bit as did the belief that Corie was once a savvy, successful FBI agent.  But if you are OK with that, this is an entertaining read.  I enjoyed Corie’s somewhat cynical but loving view of and relationship with her parents.  

Thanks to #netgalley and #groveatlantic #atlanticmonthlypress for the ARC.

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