Carrie Vaughn's After the Golden Age
Vaughn's latest novel (after Discord's Apple) centers on the estranged daughter of two superheroes, who has disappointed her parents by not having any powers herself. Now she's a forensic accountant, assigned to the case of a supervillain who once kidnapped her. Meanwhile, the city is dealing with a new crime spree, but who's behind it? Vaughn does a great job of making accountant Celia a likable character--who solves mysteries in a pretty cool way, to boot--with a complicated and interesting family dynamic. The answers to the mystery aren't too hard to winnow out, but the story is a funny--and fun--one, and I liked the ending a lot. A.
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