Season's Revenge

Henry Kisor. Forge, $19.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-7653-0666-1

Chicago Sun-Times literary columnist Henry Kisor makes a solid mystery debut in Season's Revenge, a Christmas-themed yarn set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A bear kills experienced woodsman Paul Passoja in his sleeping bag at a forest retreat, but Lakota Deputy Sheriff Steve Martinez soon suspects that this animal attack is no accident. A blurb from Andrew M. Greeley and local publicity in Chicago should ensure a good start.

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