What impressed me most about this book? Very cool - SINS OF DARKNESS is a conspiracy
thriller that has both a worthy (and disturbingly plausible) conspiracy and all
the elements of a fine suspense thriller in its own right. And Ill admit to some
bias going in to this one - Ive long been intrigued by the conundrums found within
Robert Kennedys murder (the evidence for conspiracy is well documented in nonfiction
books elsewhere), so Mr. Musgraves fictionalized treatment of the material grabbed
me from the moment I read the back cover. Perhaps the timing is extra good for
SINS OF DARKNESS. The Lords Avengers anti-Semitic aspects are suddenly much more
upfront and "realistic" now than, say, six months ago. A single worldwide
network with religious cultish trappings - combined with what we know of the major
political assassinations of the 20th century, the ClAs MK-ULTRA and other mind-control
experimentation - might have been comic book stuff just a few years ago, but at
least here its all reasonably and suspensefully set up. (For balance, the "convention
of conspiracy addicts" is a nice touch.) Dr. William Joseph Bryan is a believable
menace, and one wonders how many people like him are really out there. The research
seems rock solid, and is grafted onto a crackerjack plot with a terrific protagonist
in Dr. Solomon (my thanks for not concocting yet another Male Superhero protag
a la Tom Clancy here). So. What impresses me most about SINS OF DARKNESS is its
remarkably seamless blend of fact and fiction. Via Dr. Solomon, I learned a great
deal about Sirhan Sirhans side of things, and theres enough research layered on
top of the crackshot suspense thriller plot to keep conspiracy experts pleased
indeed. This one should find a large and enthusiastic audience.