Confidence Woman: A Claire Reynier Mystery

Judith Van Gieson. University of New Mexico Press, $12.95 (232pp) ISBN 978-0-8263-2888-5

Claire Reynier, the 50-something Albuquerque librarian last seen in Judith Van Gieson's Vanishing Point, returns to cope with a case of a stolen book (a first edition of Melville's The Confidence-Man worth thousands) and a stolen identity (her own) in Confidence Woman. Evelyn Martin was a friend from college whom Claire agreed to help get back on her feet, but when Evelyn turns up dead with Claire's credit cards, Claire becomes a suspect in her murder.

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