Too Many Threads Tangle 'The Suspect'
Fiona Barton's third Kate Waters mystery finds our reporter on the trail of two young girls who've gone missing while backpacking in Thailand — but the case is overcomplicated by its many characters.
After three books in four years from Fiona Barton, the good news: Barton has pulled off the trick of writing a series whose individual volumes still deserve reviews (full disclosure: This is my third here at NPR Books). In this latest installment featuring newspaper reporter Kate Waters, the deaths of two young Englishwomen, Rosie and Alex, in Thailand connect very close to home, and Barton finds a new way to use her real-life experience
