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Fiona is a highly complicated character. She spends three-quarters of her time inside her head either questioning her own motives or having internal debates with herself. I don't think I have ever experienced a female lead with such an intense desire to understand why her relationships will probably not work out. In her case it is almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. It will certainly be entertaining to watch her meet her real match one day.
Adler always creates a realistic cop on cop partner relationship, especially when one of those is a female. He has a keen eye for the inequality, the daily oppression, the barrage of abuse and general lack of respect, when it comes to gender in the police force. For females in male dominated career you don't have many choices, you either fall in line and put up with it silently or you fall in line and become one of the men. They frown upon the third option, the ones who don't want to put up with the sexist and outdated order of command in the male world.
Fiona bows down to the higher rank when she has to and tries to accommodate even the most difficult of partners. Indeed even Jefferson grows on her, and in the end he has her back in a way no other person does, even if it costs him everything. He becomes the epitome of a true partner.
The actual plot is quite complex and the book is strewn with conspiracy theories connected to assassinations of Presidents going all the way back to Lincoln. The murderer has lost his timid grip on his sanity, if indeed he ever had a grip on it at all. Plagued with Mommy issues and confusion about his own sexuality he thinks his salvation lies in the culmination of an extremely complex murderous plot.
As always Adler manages to mix facts with fiction to create a story with his very own flair.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley and courtesy of Stonehouse Press.

With all the ingredients for an absorbing and fast-paced mystery, American Quartet is faithful to the DC scene and portrays the light and dark sides of Washington very well. The interplay between the characters is very real and substantially contributes to the power of the book. It is definitely a story that is hard to put down. The many mini-mysteries within the story are icing on the central story of a psychotic killer who recreates assassinations from the past using innocent victims. Fiona Fitzgerald is a brilliant construct. She is not a super-hero but a real person, with all the angst that a human has. I'm looking forward to seeing more about her. This book is a great read!

Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. As a series of bizarre and seemingly unrelated and inexplicable murders haunt the DC police force. Racial tensions, egos and ambition all combine to make matter worse as our heroine, Fiona, tries to make sense of the mystery.
As the daughter of a politician and the mistress of another, she travels comfortably in the society of the powerful. However impressive her social credentials, she is looked upon askance by the super-macho department from her partners to her superiors.
Needless to say when she is the first to connect the dots of the murders, she is met with less than overwhelming support. She researches the histories and once she unravels the pattern, she swoops in, with the aid of her reluctantly respectful partner.
I will not divulge the plot or the ending but suffice to say that I did not want to put the book down until I knew how it ended.
Adler again has done a good job of mixing history with fiction. Where he writes about the self-serving and egotistical world of politics, he makes you wonder why we vote for anyone. He also reminds his female readers what it was like when we first challenged the masculine world and when our efforts were met with resistance and reluctance.
Fiona is a plucky lady. I happily will join her on further adventures.

Another excellent Warren Adler crime novel in which Fiona Fitzgerald again follows her intuition to the fury of her police chief. For those readers who remember the Kennedy assassination this is an even more gripping read as we can still recall, all too vividly, exactly what happened that day .Finding an MO always challenges detectives and the MO in this case is desperately obscure and tests Fiona to the limit. Again she faces not just personal tragedy with her new partner but also raging uncertainties with her new lover. Life is never simple for Fiona! So there are lots of twists and turns to keep you turning those pages. Another excellent Adler book for your collection.