The Walczak family has been in law enforcement for at least 50 years. In this book, the author starts with Stan Walczak. He and his partner, George Wildey, are shot to death in a corner bar while waiting for someone who has information for them. The killer has never been caught.
30 years later, Homicide Detective Jim Walczak receives news that Terrill Lee Stanton, the man he has always been sure killed his father, has been in prison for unrelated crimes. He is now free and back home in Philadelphia. Jim finally wants the truth about what happened when his father was killed ... stalking Stanton might give him those answers.
20 years later, Jim's daughter, Audrey, a student of forensic science, re-opens the cold cold case of her grandfather's death. As she investigates and digs in deep, she comes to the conclusion that Stanton might not have been the killer.
This book was something a little different than one would expect reading a crime thriller. Covering three separate and distinct plots within the same family, show the family investigating a heroin ring, the rape and murder of a young journalist, and daughter Audrey, taking on a cold case as an assignment for her degree.
The book goes from present to the past and back again. The reader is treated to the author's obvious attention to details, starting with how Walczak and Wildey first met and became police partners. The families keep bumping into each other for many years. This was almost like 3 different stories. The author has does a fantastic job in melding this saga into a highly suspenseful story with lots of twists and turns.
Many thanks to the author / Mulholland Books / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this highly entertaining book. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
30 years later, Homicide Detective Jim Walczak receives news that Terrill Lee Stanton, the man he has always been sure killed his father, has been in prison for unrelated crimes. He is now free and back home in Philadelphia. Jim finally wants the truth about what happened when his father was killed ... stalking Stanton might give him those answers.
20 years later, Jim's daughter, Audrey, a student of forensic science, re-opens the cold cold case of her grandfather's death. As she investigates and digs in deep, she comes to the conclusion that Stanton might not have been the killer.
This book was something a little different than one would expect reading a crime thriller. Covering three separate and distinct plots within the same family, show the family investigating a heroin ring, the rape and murder of a young journalist, and daughter Audrey, taking on a cold case as an assignment for her degree.
The book goes from present to the past and back again. The reader is treated to the author's obvious attention to details, starting with how Walczak and Wildey first met and became police partners. The families keep bumping into each other for many years. This was almost like 3 different stories. The author has does a fantastic job in melding this saga into a highly suspenseful story with lots of twists and turns.
Many thanks to the author / Mulholland Books / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this highly entertaining book. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
