Unknown Soldier: 3rd Tal Jefferson mystery

by Tracy Dunham

Tal Jefferson is still practicing law, sort of, in the Victorian house she inherited from her grandmother. The last person she expects to have as a client is the man who saved her life when she was a child. Spark Ellison is a retired soldier, a Vietnam vet, and the man he’s planning to kill has written a book portraying Spark as a coward. The old soldier wants Tal to represent him when he has killed the author. Trying to stop Spark from vengeance, Tal becomes embroiled in a fight between old enemies and older allies who have nothing to lose. When the author ends up dead, floating down the Wynnton River in Spark’s truck, Tal fears the worst. It seems everyone she has ever cared for is hiding secrets, including her dead grandmother. But the biggest secret holder is Tal herself. Travis Whitlock, famous portraitist and Tal’s on-and-off friend and lover, gifts her with the finished portrait of none other than herself, posed as Mary Magdalene. His return to Wynnton complicates Tal’s defense on a level she never saw coming. Travis, too, is out for revenge. Finding the author’s killer, despite her client’s insistence that she plead him guilty, is the only way Tal feels she can repay some of her many debts. What she discovers about Spark, herself, Henry, and Travis will change her life forever.

255 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2021