For me, Mark de Castrique’s
The Sandburg Connection was a mixed
bag.
I struggle with
books where characters spend forever talking about clues and possible
solutions.
But the book’s back
story kept me reading. Detectives Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson
investigate the probable murder of college history professor Janice Wainwright.
Professor Wainwright
thought she had made a valuable historic find. Sandburg’s interest in folk
music gave Professor Wainwright the clues she needed to find the treasure.
Someone killed
her as she searched the grounds of Carl Sandburg’s home, Connemara.
As Sam and
Nakayla investigate, they learn about Sandburg, the Sandburg home, Sandburg’s
wife's Nubian goats, and much more.
De Castrique gives fictionalized versions of a few actual people. Among them are one of Sandburg’s
secretaries and a relative of one of the former owners of the house.
This is a
fascinating book for its historical content alone.
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