Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – New Book Spotlight – Poetic Justice: A Rascal Todd Mystery Featuring Brody Thompson by Dan Antion and Willow Willers

Delighted to share the news of the latest release by Dan Antion and Willow Willers…Poetic Justice – A Rascal Todd Mystery Featuring Brody Thompson

About the book

Trevor Barcroft enlists the help of crime and mystery writer Brody Thompson to help solve his father’s murder — a murder the police and the FBI have been ignoring for five years. Trevor is convinced he knows who killed his father. Brody doesn’t agree, but he becomes convinced that there is much more to the story than anyone is sharing. He takes a strong interest in the murder and a series of related crimes.

Rascal Todd wants to help, but her editor keeps her away from the story. Why? What was Wilson Barcroft doing at Gateway Park the night he was killed? Who is the mysterious Poet? What do the odd bits of poetry he has spread around tell us? Is the Poet still alive? Will he survive? Will Brody and Trevor find the answers—will they survive?

Join Rascal and her friends and coworkers as they try to help from the sidelines without becoming targets in an ever-growing list of deadly crimes. Real life turns out to be far more dangerous than any fiction Brody could create as the history of a war long over comes back to haunt the city of Pittsburgh.

Consistent with previous books by this author, this is a character-driven story with an ensemble cast. Some characters will be familiar to readers of Antion’s other novels. Some are new faces that you might just come to love. The addition of poetry by Willow Willers provides an interesting mechanism driving this story forward, and driving Brody Thomson into dangerous territory.

Head over to buy the book: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK

Also by Dan Antion

My review for the first Rascal  Todd mystery September 2024

After reading the four previous books by Dan Antion, I was keen to read the start to a new mystery series headlining one of the previous secondary characters.

I was not disappointed and immediately engaged with Rachael ‘Rascal’ Todd who rather than being cast, as an ambitious, fame seeking and rather underhand reporter, comes across as a caring, dedicated researcher, intent on finding the truth. She does benefit from the support of her editor, an old hand who has seen it all, however he gives her a great deal of freedom whilst gently pulling her back from anything too dangerous.

Corruption in high office is not uncommon, but as first hand evidence comes to light it is obvious there is something very fishy about a multi-million dollar investment project, literally going up in smoke. The web of deceit and civic irregularities lead to some interesting and sometimes dangerous situations, but Rascal is determined to clear the name of her friend who she is so invested in saving and will not be put off.

Although this is a stand alone book, it was great to see some of the other characters from the previous books and to catch up with their lives. They do provide this young reporter with a valuable source of information and support and satisfy the tying up of some loose ends..

I have no hesitation in recommending this thriller/mystery as a terrific read with great characters and interesting twists and turns. I look forward to more mysteries in the future. 

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About Dan Antion

Dan Antion was born outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up and attended college in the area around western Pennsylvania. Dan has written and published the popular No Facilities blog since 2011. A lifelong interest in writing became a reality after he retired from a successful 42-year-long career in information management.

Knuckleheads, published in June 2022, is the first book in the Dreamer’s Alliance Series. This story introduces the main characters in this series, followed by three more books released in 2023 and 2024. Following the release of A Novelist’s Guide to Pittsburgh, Poetic Justice will be released in June 2025.

Dan lives in Connecticut with his wife, a few pets and all the wildlife they can feed.

About Willow Willers

London born Willow Willers is retired and lives in Berkshire, Southern England. Along with her husband and a steady stream of foster dogs mainly Guide Dogs for the Blind. Willow is mother to three sons all grown and flown and two fast growing grandsons.

Writing, poetry and prose have always been her passion in fact she wrote her first pieces before she was eight. After two life changing accidents Willow started writing in earnest and has found it a life saver.

Connect to Willow: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK –

Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will be leaving with some books. Thanks Sally.