In light of recent events in Tuscon, Arizona, it was kind of eerie reading this novel. In the last book in the series, “Locked In,” Sharon McCone was shot in the head and suffered from locked-in syndrome. In this installment, we find her finished with rehabilitation, following a physical therapy routine and attempting to regain her former self. However, she’s still suffering from the effects of her physical limitations, and her relationships with her husband, Hy Ripinsky, and her associates at McCone Investigations, are suffering.
Then, when a friend from the therapy facility, and then her close associate Adah Joslyn, go missing, Shar has to rise to the occasion. Can she? She has to draw on those closest to her, as well as her own physical and mental abilities, but are they enough?
The plot is pretty thin, but makes for a fast and wooly read, especially as the novel is constructed with very short chapters (some only a page or page and a half), making for fast reading and allowing the reader to zip along in action-filled forward momentum.
Recommended.
