Jones is one of the Jewels of the historical mystery scene.
The Cry of Cicadas
Set in agricultural California in 1942, in the tumultuous weeks leading up to the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans. Max Byrns, a once gravely wounded NYPD homicide detective, has moved with his art restorer wife, Elizabeth, to peaceful seaside San Ignacio, hoping to put the trauma of a shootout-gone-wrong behind him. But soon enough he is caught up in a murder investigation with a mounting death toll and the frantic hunt for a spy for Japan responsible for the loss of hundreds of American lives. And the clock is ticking for Max in this rural tragedy, with the date of internment drawing ever closer.
