Genre: Police
Procedural/Crime Thriller
Description:
“What happens when a closed case breaks wide
open?
NYPD homicide detectives Mike Stoneman and
Jason Dickson are preparing to testify at a high-profile murder trial. They
busted the Broadway director, who poisoned his leading actor to collect the
insurance money on his doomed show. Or did he? The director claims the evidence
was planted to frame him and that Mike and Jason developed tunnel vision. If
they did, can they live with themselves, knowing that an innocent man might be
convicted . . . and someone else got away with the perfect crime?
The prosecutor and their captain order them
not to re-opening the closed case. But Mike and Jason are plagued by doubts.
When new evidence leads to even more questions, the detectives race to put the
pieces together and uncover the whole truth. But their unauthorized
investigation could lead to catastrophic collateral damage, could cost them
their badges, and the director may still be guilty.”
Author:
A lawyer specializing in labor and
employment law by day, Kevin Chapman describes his real passions as playing
tournament poker, rooting for the New York Mets, and writing fiction. For more,
visit Mr Chapman’s website.
Appraisal:
I’ve read several of the thrillers featuring Mike Stoneman and enjoyed
them all. This one was no exception. Just as we would expect in a book like
this, homicide detectives Mike Stoneman and his partner Jason Dickson
experience some tense situations. They have to figure out where to dig to find
the answers they’re searching for and put all the pieces together to find the
solution, just like with any good police detective mystery. However, this one
has a twist that isn’t so common. That is the “case” they’ve decided to
investigate is already solved, at least from an official point of view. They
arrested a culprit and he’s headed for trial. But now they’re questioning
whether they got the right guy. Maybe they did, but there were accomplices who
should also be arrested.
I found myself torn about this story. Obviously, the guilty parties
should be found and arrested. If the person that is set to go on trial is
innocent, he should be let go. But what Stoneman and Dickson do to continue
digging worried me. That their bosses told them not to dig bothered me and also
caused me to worry that by going behind their boss’s back that it was going to
backfire on them. I guess my feelings were conflicted, wanting the guilty
parties to pay the price, but not wanting the good guys to get into trouble or
cross the line to no longer being the good guys. All of that just upped the
tension even more.
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FYI:
Some adult language.
While part of a series each book in the series stands alone. There is
no need to have read the previous books to understand and follow this one.
Format/Typo
Issues:
My review is based on the ARC (advance
reader copy), so I can’t gauge the final product in area.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 80-85,000 words
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