Bob Ingersoll

Love the concept of this Star Trek/Perry Mason mash-up, and the murder mystery is definitely Gardner-esque, full of potential suspects and courtroom theatrics, but the Trek references are somewhat belaboured. Borrowing Samuel T. Cogley and Areel Shaw was enough for me - the brief scenes with the Enterprise crew were, sadly, overkill. Cogley's assistant Peter Lawrence is more like Archie Goodwin than any of Perry's legmen, however, which earns Isabella and Ingersoll extra bonus points! If they should come up with any new mysteries, and lighten up on the Trek trivia, I will definitely read on.… (mehr)

Samuel T. Cogley defends a Klingon accused of killing the Federation administrator of a mining colony. Lt. Areel Shaw is the prosecutor, eager for a rematch with Cogley. Both originally appeared in TOS episode “Court Martial”. This is a well-paced and entertaining courtroom mystery, as well as a tribute to Earl Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason, down to the book’s design and red-dyed edges. Sam Cogley is familiar enough after more than 35 years of reruns that I can easily see him in a series of mystery novels. The authors also effectively use TOS and Enterprise tube history to paint the background.

I got the impression that authors Bob Ingersoll and Tony Isabella, both veterans of Star Trek comics and novels, have something more in mind for Lt. Areel Shaw in a future story.

Published in paperback by Pocket Books.… (mehr)