Trouble on Tuesday Book

Beryl Tavistock is a 28-year old raven-haired beauty with brains and wits to boot. She and her brother Jordan were orphaned 20 years previously when their mother and father were both killed in the line of duty, working as spies for England. However, at a present-day party for spies and other high-positioned people who ran in the same circles, Beryl and Jordan learn the truth about their parents' deaths when one party guest becomes a bit too inebriated divulges the family secret: the official ruling was that Madeline Tavistock had been having an affair, and her husband Bernard had killed them both in a passionate murder suicide.

In shock over this revelation which had been hidden from them for years, Beryl and Jordan travel to Paris where the 20 year old murder took place, in an effort to track down the truth, because they feel confident that the official ruling is wrong. Accompanying them as a favor to their old family friend is ex-CIA agent Richard Wolfe whose magnetism with Beryl creates difficulties for both of them. As they traipse around Paris, in the footsteps of their parents, murders begin anew, and the assurance that their parents were innocent becomes more and more concrete to Beryl and Jordan. But will they be allowed to learn the truth, or will it cost them their lives?

*I realized quickly after beginning this book that it was not like Gerritsen's typical medical thrillers (which I love). I flipped to the title page to see the copyright date and confirmed what I'd already begun to suspect: it was a republication. I'm glad to say Gerritsen's writing style -- and subject matter -- have improved, because this was not a book I enjoyed much at all. I slogged through it for the sake of finishing it, but thought it was rather silly in some spots and over-dramatic in others. I think I will stick to Gerritsen's new medical thrillers from here on out.