Double Trouble: A Ryan/Lehrer Mystery

by Jim Lacey

DOUBLE TROUBLE is an entertaining page-turner. The disappearance of a controversial history professor from his sailboat on the Connecticut shore initiates a web of intrigue that brings an attractive cast of characters to New York City and Washington, D.C. They include savvy and hapless academics, a popular administrator who is not what he claims to be, a smart and sexy law student, a school teacher with a shadowy past, and two precocious kids. What begins as a halfhearted exploration of a local mystery by amateur sleuths leads to the discovery of the Knights of Malta's involvement in terrorism and the shenanigans of the State Department in Latin America during the Reagan administration. For a story that ultimately involves nine homicides, Double Trouble is upbeat, romantic, and cheerful. Readers who like happy endings will not be disappointed.

268 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 2010

About the author

Jim Lacey is an analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses and a professor of conflict and global issues at Johns Hopkins University. Lacey was an embedded journalist with Time magazine during the invasion of Iraq, where he traveled with the 101st Airborne Division. His opinion columns have been published in The Weekly Standard, The National Review, and The New York Post. Lacey is the author of Takedown, Fresh from the Fight, and Occupation of Iraq. He lives in Alexandria, VA.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading this book was like having a conversation with Dr. Lacey - who I very much miss! That said, there were good aspects and it was fun to recognize certain landmarks from Willimantic and Brooklyn. It's clearly something he started many years ago and has gotten around to finishing/publishing in his retirement.