Haddam has evolved into such an excellent writer and social commentator over the years since I first started reading her books based on holidays, and Gregor Demarkian continues to be one of the more complicated and likable protagonists around. In this book, Haddam tackles the timely subject of science and those Christians who believe the Bible is the word-for-word truth (never mind that it wasn’t written in English). A small town’s school board is trying to get Creationism taught. The battle turns ugly when a 91-year-old woman who is pro-evolution is beaten to death. As ever, Haddam shows the violence under the surface of ordinary people, and the danger of ignorance and blind faith.
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