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Tail of the Dragon by Connie di Marco
4.25
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

In the third Zodiac Mysteries installment, Julia Bonatti is temping a week at the San Francisco law firm she worked at before her fiancé was killed in a hit and run, and she discovered her affinity for using astrology to solve murders. The storytelling is compelling, and I like that there's a through line about Bonatti's decease lover binding the series together, though you can definitely read them as standalones. Mild complaints are that I couldn't keep all the characters straight in this one--and that for a SF novel, it's pretty straight and a little prudish.