A Fondness for Truth (Linder and Donatelli Mysteries)

Honesty isn't always the best policy in Kim Hays' third Linder and Donatelli Mystery novel . . . Andi Eberhart is riding her bicycle home on an icy winter night when she is killed in a hit-and-run. Her devastated partner, Nisha, is convinced the death was no accident. Andi had been receiving homophobic hate mail for several years, and the letters grew uglier after the couple's baby was born. Bern homicide Detective Giuliana Linder is assigned to investigate what happened to Andi. As she pieces together the details of Andi and Nisha's lives, her assistant Renzo Donatelli looks into Andi's job advising young men drafted into Switzerland's civilian service. Working closely together, Giuliana and Renzo are again tempted to become more than just friendly colleagues. As both detectives dig into Andi's life, one thing becomes clear: Andi's friends and family may have loved her for her honesty, but her outspokenness threatened others—perhaps enough to get rid of her. Honesty isn't always the best policy in Kim Hays' third Linder and Donatelli Mystery novel . . . Andi Eberhart is riding her bicycle home on an icy winter night when she is killed in a hit-and-run. Her devastated partner Nisha is convinced the death was no accident since Andi had been receiving homophobic hate mail for several years. Nisha, a second-generation immigrant from Sri Lanka, has her own problems; her traditional Tamil father has banished her from the family home and wont acknowledge Nisha and Andis baby daughter. Homicide Detective Giuliana Linder is assigned to investigate what happened to Andi. As she pieces together the details of Andis life with Nisha, her assistant Renzo Donatelli looks into Andis job counseling young men whove been drafted into Switzerlands civilian service. Things at home are difficult for Renzo, and Giuliana has new family troubles. Once again, they are tempted to become more than just friendly colleagues. As both detectives dig into Andis life, one thing becomes Andis friends and family may have loved her for her honesty, but her outspokenness threatened others. Did one of those people decide to get rid of her?