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Affirmative Reaction |
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 Affirmative Reaction byAileen Schumacher Write Way Publishing 310 pages, 1999 ISBN 1885173695 Reviewed by PJ Nunn Affirmative Reaction is the third in this series about construction engineer Tory Travers. I don't know about you, but I can relate to a woman with insatiable curiosity about things that just don't add up. When Tory gets the word that her company isn't getting paid for a job she's just finished due to structural problems encountered fifteen years before, she's flabbergasted. Irregularities dire enough to halt completion of an entire neighborhood weren't likely to have been overlooked in her assessment. Anxious to escape tensions at home, she heads out to the site in search of answers, but what she finds instead are more questions, starting with "who is that dead woman stuffed in the sewage pipe?" A quick phone call to police investigator David Alvarez, injured and amorous, starts a new look into investigations of murders committed fifteen years earlier, only now coming to light. The action is fast paced and doesn't slow down with relationship issues. This book addresses the pros and cons of affirmative action in realistic and understandable terms. I was left with a few questions concerning Tory's attitude toward her visiting father and her reluctance to move forward in a relationship with Alvarez, but these questions weren't distracting enough to slow the pace of the story. The author weaves a trail of clues throughout and leaves the reader guessing who the actual culprit is right up to the end. Schumacher successfully integrates factual engineering information without getting too technical and creates believable characters. I'd like to have seen them developed a little more, at times the characters and dialogue seemed a little stilted. A good mystery with a satisfying conclusion, well worth reading. |
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