Why Picketsville’s first Jewish sheriff is hellbent on a church wedding is just one of the mysteries that doesn’t get solved in Ramsay’s otherwise highly entertaining ninth.
A series of mishaps and machinations change the course of history...Ramsay’s fourth Jerusalem novel (Holy Smoke, 2013, etc.) links another challenging mystery to some intriguing answers to age-old questions surrounding the death of Jesus.
Ike’s 10th (Drowning Barbie, 2014, etc.) uses themes cut from current headlines to ramp up the excitement.
Ramsay, whose series covers the globe from first-century Jerusalem to Picketsville, Virginia, makes the most of local color in his final Botswana entry.
Ramsay’s final salute to his hero, completed by his friend and admirer Dana Stabenow, is a fitting conclusion to a career spent chronicling the exploits of hardworking folks in rural America.