Knight In The Museum (Jorja Knight Private Investigator Mystery Series Book 5) by Alice Bienia – Review by Tara Johnson Barnes

Knight In The Museum by Alice Bienia
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Private Investigator, Jorja Knight, is asked by her friend to investigate her father’s death Jorja expects it to be a routine case. Although her friend’s father’s death has been ruled an accident there appears to be more to it than that. The more investigating Jorja does the more it leads her to believe that her friend’s father’s death, and several other mysterious deaths that occurred around the same time are somehow linked to an ancient jade statue.

Jorja attempts to retrace the last steps of her friend’s late father and determine what he had uncovered that led to his death. Her investigation takes her into the heart of Alberta’s Badlands and has her coming face to face with a killer.

Knight in the Museum was an intense read from the first few pages. It was packed full of action, suspense, and twists and turns throughout. The more Jorja Knight dug into the mysterious death of her friend’s father the more questions she had that remained unanswered. Numerous times it seemed that Jorja was going to give up because the answers she was coming up with did not seem to make any logical sense. How on earth could one jade statue be linked to so many deaths? Was it really cursed as legend had it? For Jorja it made no sense, but she relentlessly pursued the investigation and did not give up until she unraveled the mystery.

I loved this book and did not realize that it was part of a series when I started reading it. Although, it can easily be read as a standalone, I know that I will be ensuring I read the other books as well. The author is a truly talented writer and I found it refreshing to read about cities in Canada. I loved how the author utilized Alberta’s badlands as a backdrop for where the mystery unfolded. I highly recommend this book!

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