She Died for Her Sins

David Champion. Allen A. Knoll Publishers, $23 (277pp) ISBN 978-1-888310-51-1

Ace defense attorney Bomber Hanson takes on a new client, a hotheaded young Communist accused of murdering his wealthy heiress employer, on the theory that the man is too obnoxious to be guilty. In David Champion's witty She Died for Her Sins: A Bomber Hanson Mystery, the attorney is again aided by his hapless, stuttering son, Tod, who chases after witnesses and falls in love with a bombshell violinist who might just help him solve the case. (Knoll, $23 277p ISBN 1-888310-51-0)

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