Marathon, Freeman - B

         This is the eighth novel in the Jonathan Stride series. It has all of the usual quality police work, interesting characters, and late in the game plot twists that make these stories special. A bomb goes off at the Duluth Marathon killing a handful and injuring many more. A man is convinced he saw a Muslim with a backpack, fires off a tweet and soon we are in the midst of a clash between a right wing group in town for a conference and the local Muslim community. To some extent, the plot becomes almost predictable as both sides dig in. My observation is that it is, of course, good, but not as good as most of its predecessors.