Fans of Jane Kelly's fictional sleuth, Meg Daniels, will delight in this latest edition to the author's series of mysteries located in various New Jersey shore resorts. Meg remains both perceptive and daring and has not lost her sharp wit and snappy observations. This latest case finds Meg and her paramour/partner Andy holed up in an Atlantic City hotel/casino, where Andy has taken a job as a security consultant and Meg, seemingly along for the ride, quickly finds a new mystery to explore. The case rolls out of a plea from a friend of the couple's, who wants them to look into his mother's disappearance during the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. The plot evolves amid factual scenes and figures who were at the convention that nominated Lyndon Johnson 50 years earlier, but also hinges on the lesser-known conflict over the makeup of the Mississippi delegation, which had routinely disenfranchised African Americans for decades, but who were demanding proportional representation, particularly in the wake of the violent Mississippi Summer that had cost the lives of three civil rights workers.
Although "Missing You in Atlantic City" is a consistent and page-turning follow up to Kelly's earlier Meg Daniels mysteries, it is also a bit darker and features some nastier characters. However, there is much of the familiar lighter touch and humor as Meg again manages to put herself in danger while pushing ever closer to the solution, her suspicions shifting from one suspect to another. Meanwhile, her relationship with Andy has grown and continues to do so my novel's end.
Mystery fans, especially those who have followed this series since its start in "Killing Time in Ocean City" will delight in sharing this new adventure with Meg and Andy.
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