Gemini Trap

Anna Peters #2

by Janice Law

Anna Peters, the unorthodox New World Oil Company researcher, learns the price of the good research job she obtained after her successful adventures in The Big Payoff. The Chairman of the Board wants her to do a little favor: track down Crystal Blythe, a feckless young woman soon to inherit the lion's share of New World stock. Crystal and her twin brother Edward have been living in France, and Anna is dispatched on a working holiday to locate the missing girl.Paris, art, culture, great food-the trip sounds terrific. Unfortunately for Anna and her artist lover Harry Radford, the young Blythes have gotten themselves into bad company, including gun runners and espionage agents from two countries. Anna learns she can't trust the charming and talented Blythes, and wonders if they can even trust each other.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1977

About the author

Janice Law (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author of mystery fiction. The Watergate scandal inspired her to write her first novel, The Big Payoff (1977), which introduced Anna Peters, a street-smart young woman who blackmails her boss, a corrupt oil executive. The novel was a success, winning an Edgar nomination, and Law went on to write eight more in the series, including Death Under Par (1980) and Cross-Check (1997).

After Death Under Par, Law set aside the character for several years to write historical mysteries The Countess (1989) and All the King’s Ladies (1986). After concluding the Peters series, she wrote three stand-alone suspense novels: The Night Bus (2000), The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed (2002), and Voices (2003). Since then, Law has focused on writing short stories, many of which appear in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Fires of London (2012) is her most recent novel. She lives and writes in Connecticut.

Reviews

[Glen U · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Gemini Trip" is Janice Law's second book featuring Anna Peters as a tough, independent woman detective. Written in 1976, Law's Anna Peters predates Paretsky's V. I. Warshawski and Evanovich's Stephanie Plum by quite a few years. Along with creating one of the first female detectives, Law writes with a style that is complex and compelling. Her dialogue is witty and sometimes, cynical,but fits Anna Peters perfectly. Law also develops her characters wonderfully and is very entertaining to read. I am continually amazed at the quality of Law's writing and the fact that she is not more well known. A very good writer.