Review in Idaho Statesman
🔗 http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/06/02/2599993/third-book-in-detective-series.html
Story Behind The Book
The Broken Saint began with this question: how would Detective Ryan Miner, a serious Mormon, react when he learned that the main suspect in a murder case is a fellow member of the LDS Church? How would it affect his relationship with his partner, Detective Karen Seagate, whose views on whether one Mormon would lie to another boil down to, "If he breathes, he lies"?
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<p>With Broken Saint, author Mike Markel demonstrates why he is one of the rising masters of the detective mystery, his easy-reading style and compelling characters pulling the reader from page to page and chapter to chapter.</p> <p>Broken Saint begins with a depiction of murder that is both compelling and revolting and then hands the story to detective duo Karen Seagate and Ryan Miner, both of whom are familiar to fans of this series. Seagate is at her most subdued in this book, having, at least temporarily, contained her inner demons. (I would not expect her equanimity to last for long given her predilection to work outside the regulations.) Instead, it is her straight-laced Mormon partner, Miner, who must confront challenges to his assumptions about faith and his expectations about those who hold positions of power and influence in his church and his community.</p> <p>Throughout, Markel displays the wry humor that is his trademark, depicting weather, people, and institutions with equal measures of affection and sardonic amusement. The Seagate-Miner series has legs, and I, for one, happily expect to see it continue for some time.</p> <p>--Dennis Meier</p>