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Feminist Mystery Reviews ATLANTA GRAVES Reviewed by Harriet Klausner Gunnar Brushurd is a legend in his own time as the daring renowned owner of Peachtree Investigations, an Atlanta-based private detective firm. However, Gunnar is out of pocket, leaving Sunny Childs in charge of both the operational and financial operations of the company. While trying to ransom a stolen painting for a client, Sunny's perp is shot and the painting remains missing. She also learns that Gunnar has cashed a $100K CD that was used as collateral on a credit line at the bank. The bank calls in the loan, giving Sunny four days to pay back the debt or they will foreclose the business. When she reports to her client that the painting was stolen, she cuts a deal to find the painting in exchange for a $100K. Sunny is determined to save the company and regain the painting, regardless of the obstacles tossed her way by dangerous felons who will kill anyone who crosses their path. Readers will like the tough Sunny, who is an amalgam (not of DC and Marvel) of Scarpetta, Blake, and Milhorne. The convoluted plot yields many suspects, false trails, and red herrings, thereby guaranteeing an exhilarating how and who-done-it. Ruth Birmingham has started a terrific series that brings alive the mean streets of Atlanta.
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