Murder, They Wrote

Ron Currie’s We Will See You Bleed takes place in the Franco-American ghetto of Little Canada, Maine. This summer’s best mystery books feature heroines of Homeric proportions, from a female police chief who resuscitates a tragic cold case to a union leader turned drug queenpin By Lisa Henricksson F eeling a little let down by the female characters in the summer’s biggest movie? Did Penelope, Helen of Troy, Athena, Calypso, and the rest of the Greek gals and goddesses deserve to be more epic than the attractive but flattened handmaidens even IMAX couldn’t enhance? If you’re craving truly mythic women, there are legions in this summer’s crop of mysteries and thrillers. I’ve narrowed the field down to three books that feature memorable women fighting their way through systems tainted by corruption, patriarchy, and obsession. Heather is the second novel from Caitlin Mullen, whose debut, Please See Us, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel in READ ON