New LA Noir Players
How do you choose a good crime novel when there are so many titles out there? I saw the blurb by Michael Connelly, "The book everybody's been waiting for. That was enough for me to push "Everybody Knows" to the top of my TBR list.
Mae Pruett works for a Hollywood PR team, charged with fixing scandals for the rich and famous, a la Ray Donovan. Her boss, Dan Hennigan, lets her know he is hatching a scheme to score a lot of money, life-changing money. Mae doubts the legality of what he has in mind, but she agrees to meet him and discuss the details.
Bang! Mae arrives at the hotel they were to meet and watches in stunned horror as the paramedics wheel Dan's body to the morgue. Initial reports point toward a carjacking gone wrong, but Mae knows this is no coincidence. Whatever Dan had gotten himself into has teed off some powerful people-- and Mae is unsure if she is a target herself.
A second player here is Chris Tamburro, a fired ex-cop working as muscle in a powerful and shady security firm. Once upon a time he and Mae were romantically involved and they now find themselves investigating the same seedy characters behind Dan's murder.
This is a great LA noir murder case and I look forward to seeing these two again. Mae really drives the investigation, and while Chris is often relegated to a punching bag, they make an intriguing team. Highly recommended-- Jordan Harper is playing in the same ballpark as Michael Connelly... probably Dodger Stadium.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
How do you choose a good crime novel when there are so many titles out there? I saw the blurb by Michael Connelly, "The book everybody's been waiting for. That was enough for me to push "Everybody Knows" to the top of my TBR list.
Mae Pruett works for a Hollywood PR team, charged with fixing scandals for the rich and famous, a la Ray Donovan. Her boss, Dan Hennigan, lets her know he is hatching a scheme to score a lot of money, life-changing money. Mae doubts the legality of what he has in mind, but she agrees to meet him and discuss the details.
Bang! Mae arrives at the hotel they were to meet and watches in stunned horror as the paramedics wheel Dan's body to the morgue. Initial reports point toward a carjacking gone wrong, but Mae knows this is no coincidence. Whatever Dan had gotten himself into has teed off some powerful people-- and Mae is unsure if she is a target herself.
A second player here is Chris Tamburro, a fired ex-cop working as muscle in a powerful and shady security firm. Once upon a time he and Mae were romantically involved and they now find themselves investigating the same seedy characters behind Dan's murder.
This is a great LA noir murder case and I look forward to seeing these two again. Mae really drives the investigation, and while Chris is often relegated to a punching bag, they make an intriguing team. Highly recommended-- Jordan Harper is playing in the same ballpark as Michael Connelly... probably Dodger Stadium.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
