Review: Dante's Dilemma by Lynne Raimondo

A Mysterious Review of Dante's Dilemma by Lynne Raimondo. A Mark Angelotti Mystery.

Review summary: With plenty of twists and turns in a legal case that has the series character confused as to what the real motivation may have been behind what he believes is a suspicious murder and wrongful conviction, this is a crisply written, strongly plotted mystery with a gripping moral subplot that is well worth the read. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Dante's Dilemma
Lynne Raimondo
A Mark Angelotti Mystery
Seventh Street Books (August 2015)

Publisher synopsis: Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti is faced with his most troubling case yet when he is asked to evaluate Rachel Lazarus, the estranged wife of a slain University of Chicago professor.

Months earlier, the professor's body was found stuffed into one of the exhibits at "Scav," the school's world-famous annual scavenger hunt, and — in a feast for the press — missing a vital piece of its anatomy. Though she's confessed to her husband's murder, Rachel is mounting a battered woman's defense.

Forced into helping the prosecution, Mark becomes unsure of his objectivity when his investigation uncovers uncomfortable parallels between Rachel's history and his own. That concern proves well-founded when his damaging admission at trial all but convicts Rachel. Then a tip connects the case to another suspected murder and evidence that Rachel may not be guilty after all. As he plows ahead during a brutal Chicago winter, Mark soon learns he has far more to worry about than treacherous snow and ice: someone will do anything to guarantee that Rachel takes the fall.