In Martin Clark’s richly drawn thriller “The Jezebel Remedy,” a husband-and-wife legal team in rural Virginia experience unforeseen complications when one of their clients dies in a home explosion.
‘The Jezebel Remedy’
by Martin Clark
Knopf, 382 pp., $27.95
Martin Clark’s latest novel is a legal thriller, but it’s far richer than the sort of book you think of when you see that description. There’s a mystery at its heart, as well as shady shenanigans, corporate conspiracy, thinly veiled threats and untimely demises.
But though Clark propels you swiftly with his delightfully wry prose, he doesn’t rely on cheap thrills to hold your attention.