Abandoned/Allison Brennan/338p

   Maxine Revere was abandoned by her mother at age 10.  After several years of keeping in touch by sending postcards once in a while, Mom stops collecting her trust fund money and is eventually declared dead.  Being an ace detective with cold cases, Max naturally wants to find out what really happened to her mother and stirs up a mess of conflict, murder, and lies in the process.   I found the premise interesting and the conclusion top notch but our author spent too much time back tracking and rehashing the old facts. I would be hard pressed to recommend this one.