Review: Out of the Blues by Trudy Nan Boyce

A Mysterious Review of Out of the Blues by Trudy Nan Boyce. A Sarah Alt Mystery.

Review summary: This mystery sets itself apart with an incredibly diverse cast of characters on both sides of the law. A police procedural at its core, it's the dynamic relationships between the characters that make it seem more robust. Featuring a strong, female Atlanta homicide detective, this is a solid start to this series. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Out of the Blues
Trudy Nan Boyce
A Sarah Alt Mystery
Putnam (February 2016)

Publisher synopsis: On her first day as a newly minted homicide detective, Sarah "Salt" Alt is given the cold-case murder of a blues musician whose death was originally ruled an accidental drug overdose. Now new evidence has come to light that he may have been given a hot dose intentionally. And this evidence comes from a convicted felon hoping to trade his knowledge for shortened prison time … a man who Salt herself put behind bars.

In a search that will take her into the depths of Atlanta's buried wounds — among the city's homeless, its politically powerful churches, commerce and industry, and the police department itself — Salt probes her way toward the truth in a case that has more at stake than she ever could have imagined.