Through a Glass Darkly... (Sentinel story)
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| Title: | Through a Glass Darkly... |
| Author(s): | Jael Lyn |
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| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | The Sentinel |
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| External Links: | Through a Glass Darkly.... (Wayback Machine version) AO3 link |
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Through a Glass Darkly... is a Sentinel story by Jael Lyn.
Summary: "The case no one wants turns Cascade upside down."
The story won a 2002 Cascade Times Award for Outstanding "Could Have Been An Episode" story.
Reactions and Reviews
Again with the good ideas, man! The mystery in this intrigued me, stumped me. Again we have Blair shining with his ability to see patterns in apparent randomness. Again, unfortunately, we miss out on some of the details. One thing in particular niggled at me, that I would raise as a plot problem: at one point in the story, they remark that someone must have leaked the address of the Loft -- but they never follow up on it, to find out who did it, even though I would have thought it was a serious compromise of security. Yes, there were practical jokers involved, and yes, the very good point was made that Sandburg needed to fight his own battles, but since more than just a practical joke was involved, I would have expected them to still have followed it up. But there were more good bits. I loved the bit with the kids in the library. And Sandburg's brainstorming session. This story amply demonstrated the detectives' adage: "If you know why, then you know who." Because that was the central mystery: the incidents were staged, but nobody could figure out why.[1]