A hidden past. A simmering vendetta. And a secret weapon everyone’s willing to kill for.Ace private eye Justinia Wright is in no mood to work. However, her brother and assistant, Harry, likes a paycheck and goads Tina into taking a case.At first it all seems simple enough. Find a flash drive. But one death, is followed by a second, which is followed by a third, and then a fourth. With Tina being … a fourth. With Tina being framed for two of the murders, time is running out. The FBI are closing in and threatening to invoke the Patriot Act. Will Tina be able to pull enough strings fast enough to get herself off the hook and cash in on a big fat fee? Or will she disappear into a secret Federal facility somewhere?
A Nest of Spies is the fifth book in the Justinia Wright, Private Investigator Mysteries series. If you like traditional mysteries, along the lines of Nero Wolfe or Hercule Poirot, with wise-cracking humor and enough thrills and spills to keep things interesting, then you’ll love this latest installment in CW Hawes’s page-turning series.
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Justina and her brother find themselves in another matter and this is unlike anything that they have seen before. With a missing flash drive, some spies and the FBI trying to invoke the Patriot Act against the siblings, the main mystery was thrilling to read. Even the sub plot was great and weaved well. Loved it.
If you’re not reading this wonderful Private Investigator Mystery series, you should be. CW Hawes has created a cast of characters that I believe stand tall next to any traditional detective, whodunnit mystery you want to put them up against. In this, the 5th installment of the series, the reader gets a peek into private eye, Justinia Wright’s secretive government past. A past that she never talks about, not even with her brother, Harry. But when government (the U.S as well as other countries) spies and contract killers start appearing on her doorstep, it becomes obvious to Harry that his baby sister may still have at least one toe dipped in a pool filled with espionage and treason. Spies can be a funny bunch; they will put their mutual trust in one another when it’s beneficial to them, but will not hesitate to pull the trigger to save themselves. And all the while, you cannot believe a word any of them say. When a former agency partner tries to unsuccessfully hire Tina to help secure a flash drive with plans for a top-secret weapon by posing as the buyer, it is just the beginning of a fun, interesting mystery filled with lots of twists and turns.
As more and more people from Tina’s past show up wanting to talk with and hire the great detective’s services, the lies… and the body count begin to grow. And when Tina is accused of murder, she and her team of sleuths devise a scheme to recover the missing flash drive, catch a murderer, clear their names, and in the process make a little profit for their troubles.
With all that is going on in this story, you would think that the Wrights would have time for nothing else. And as interesting as the main plot of this novel is, the subplot that fleshes out the on again, off again relationship saga between Tina and police Lieutenant Cal Swenson, all the fabulous meals cooked up by Harry and his wife Bea, and the side characters like Tina’s tenant, the quirky artist wannabe, Solistice, is perhaps what really makes this series special. Hawes has developed characters that you can’t help but care about. It’s what makes me continue to buy and read every book in this series. I really want to know what’s going on in Tina and Harry’s personal life as well as how they will solve the mystery at hand.
I highly recommend A Nest of Spies. It is my favorite Justinia Wright Mystery so far, and I can’t wait to dive into the next one to see where the mystery and mayhem takes this talented brother and sister detective duo.
Another winner in the Justina Wright series.
I really enjoy CW Hawes’ characters. They come alive on the pages. Whether via music, food or wine choices, we get to see each one’s likes and dislikes. Though the story gets started slowly, we find later that everything ties back to what we’ve read. I liken this series to a mixture of the old Sam Spade stories and my beloved Nero Wolfe. Awesome CW!