5 Stars
Det. Thomas Clipper Mysteries Book 1
PAST DUE introduces us to an admirable protagonist in a new police procedural series set in New England. Set in a somewhat fictionalized Bangor, Maine (where the author was once Chief of Police), each novel cleverly interweaves a historical event in the community with present-day policing concerns, while giftedly delineating characterization and character evolution.
Here protagonist Bangor Detective Lieutenant Thomas Clipper is tasked to help prepare a reenactment of the multiply fatal 1937 shootout between local law enforcement and a Boston criminal trio. In the process, he also must confront a new series of murders, which ultimately prove to be linked to the 1937 shootout. The author balances the events of 1937 through post-World War II showing how Past is Prologue.
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