Ray Quinn, an early retired homicide detective, has started his own private detective agency. He achieved success with his previous case, having caught the killer of now friend Pam’s godly brother David. This case looks like it will be even better—not only does it sound easy, but it’s worth a ton of money, money Ray could use to build up his business. It seems simple—find Logan Ramsey, a former cop who now works security for a super secretive mega bucks financial firm, and who has evidently disappeared with sensitive client information. Ray’s employer wants the stolen material returned, pronto. Ray thinks he can make this work until Logan shows up dead, with no trace of the missing information.
With steady pacing, multiple suspects, relate to-able characters, laugh out loud humor, believable dialog, and a satisfying ending, there’s not much to dislike here. In fact, I can’t think of anything. Some readers who are fans of Christian fiction may not appreciate a protagonist who drinks Jim Beam all day and who has a disdain for God and religion. However, Pam is the Ying to his Yang (pardon the expression) and is a believer who cannot be discounted, even by Ray. To me this rings very true and real. She is a friend to him, but promises not to cram Jesus down his throat. He appreciates this, and it ultimately softens him up. I can only hope there are really people like Pam in the world.
Part of my delight with this series has to do with the fact that I can’t compare it to anything else. Along with having oodles of experience to draw from and excellent story-telling skills, Mynheir must be a pretty funny guy. Ray Quinn sure is. Crevis is a hoot, too, especially when the two are together. And I haven’t even mentioned the deep thematic material holding everything together. You’ll have to read it for yourself to uncover those gems.
I applaud Mynheir for a job well done and look forward to what comes next in the series.
