Review: Death Benefit *****
by Ken Isaacson

Confession: I knew Ken Isaacson at MIT.

Dialog and description: impressive. Plotting: clever. Characterization: sufficient for me to distinguish the characters.  Often authors (particularly historical fiction, which I know this isn’t) are so proud of their research that they flaunt it gratuitously. Isaacson avoided that trap while teaching me enough about the viaticle industry to follow the story. I especially enjoyed the multiple twist endings.

There are two books in this series: Silent Counsel gets reviewed next week.

Between Ken and H. Claire Taylor, I am eliminating my prejudice against self-published Amazon books. Apparently, authors of great talent, unable to squeeze through the publishing company filter, can now share great books.