One solid well written book. Its full of twists and turns and you don't know who the bad guys really are until the end. Just a super read.
Virgil Jones is the number two behind Cora LaRue who heads the Major Crimes Unit for the State of Indiana. Cora is tough as nails and savvy as hell. She's the most powerful woman in the State. Jonesy is her go to cop. They work quite well together.
Outside of two years in the military during the first Gulf war, Jonesy has worked in law enforcement his whole life. His dad was the Sheriff of Marion county until he retired two years ago.
Jonesy and his team land in one hell of a murder mess. They have a sniper killing people all over the city. Ordinary working people. Two nurses, a bank president, one blind man and a naked woman swimming in her pool.
One of those killed was directly across from the Gov's mansion. An Indiana State Trooper was also killed at that site. Jonesy wonders if the Gov may be next.
Lots of interesting folks who could be involved the whole mess.
One is Rev Samuel Pate. This guy is a televangalist. He's quite well know and had dealing with the murdered bank president. His organization got a five million dollar loan from the Presidents bank. Pate also happens to be married to an old flame of Jonesey's. He hasn't seen her in years and is rather surprised to find her married to Pate. Just one more mystery.
The loan seemed rather odd to Jonesy since the Rev's Texas church burned to the ground and insurance payed out one million to the Rev. Of course the insurance company is under investigation by Texas authorities. Kinda odd that another bank would loan Pate that kind of money with all those questions in Texas.
He also has his boyhood friend Murton on site. Murt and Jonesy grew up together and were inseperable as young men. He and Murt were in the military together and Murt saved Jonesy's life when he was very badly wounded.
After their stint in the military Murt ended up in jail for assault and pretty much fell out of Jonesy's life. Now all of a sudden he's back.
Jonesy is wondering how the hell Murt ties into the whole deal. Murt is also being chased by two guys. They almost get him at the bar Jonesy and his dad own. Murt leaves a key with Jonesy. Its a safety deposit box key and once Jonesy checks it out it adds more questions than answers.
Of course Jonesy has Sandy Small on his team. In the middle of the murder investigation Sandy and Jonesy decide they need to investigate the mutual attraction they have for each other. They both find the loves of they're lives.
This is just one great read. Virgil Jones is one hell of a detective and he needs every bit of his ability to solve this one. He almost loses his life in his pursuit of the truth.
Just one great read and well worth those five stars.
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October 1987 —
Indianapolis, Indiana
The cab driver was one of the nine victims—other than the pilot—who actually saw it coming. Unfortunately, he was also the first to die. By the time he saw it, he knew it was too late for himself or anyone else. He didn’t see their end, only his own, but he knew they were gone, their clocks, like his own, coming to an end on a final tick or tock they otherwise would have never bothered to notice, much less count.
The other eight victims stood in the lobby of the Airport Ramada Inn at the Indianapolis International Airport. Six of them were guests waiting to settle their account and check out of the hotel, the other two were hotel employees coming off the night shift. One of the guests had called for a cab even though it was a ridiculously short ride across the street to the airport departure area. Had the weather cooperated this October morning, the hotel guest could have walked to the departure area instead of taking a cab. But the sky remained cloudy, with a light mist in the air, so the cabbie made nine.
Nine people have thirty-seconds to live.
One of the hotel guests at the front of the line was disputing a charge on his itemized bill. The hotel clerk tried to reverse the charge but failed, the computer telling her she needed authorization from the manager to deduct the proper amount. She tucked a lock of red hair behind her ear and smiled at the man on the other side of the counter and informed him the manager was on the way. The man consulted his watch and smiled back at the pretty redheaded woman, wondering how old she might be. He noticed the name badge on her jacket. Sara. He also noticed the plain silver wedding band on her finger and felt his face flush a bit as she caught his silent inquiry of her marital status. It was one of those little everyday life moments…and it was about to end.
Nine people now have only twenty-seconds to live. From overhead the sound of an aircraft’s jet engine is all but ignored by the people in the lobby. It is an airport, after all. The hotel manager came around the corner and greeted the guest at the front of the line by name. She offered an apology as she entered her approval code into the computer. From the time she appeared, entered the code, and reversed the charge, only eighteen-seconds had elapsed. It was coming. The cabbie saw it.
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