Jeffery Deaver is probably my favourite author these days.

Especially his Lincoln Rhyme series, a quadriplegic detective, and NYPD Detective Amelia Sachs.

This 2024 book is NOT Lincoln Rhyme. It’s intended to launch a new series featuring Carmen Sanchez, a tough Homeland Security agent and Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert.

The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favour — and she drags him into investigating  a series of murders across Southern California.

Deaver Fans like it. But, for me, this book was inferior to his usual work.

There are some plot holes.

And a lack of fact checking. One character is a Rhythmic gymnast on scholarship in the NCAA. There are no scholarships for Rhythmic gymnasts.

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