Elvis Cole,
P.I. extraordinaire, is hired by an eccentric woman, Adele Schumacher to find
her nerdy twenty something son. Adele is
a middle aged, divorced and ex-CIA (or some other highly classified government
agency) opertive. She was so deep under
cover that even in retirement bodyguards follow her around. Her son, Josh Shoe is a self-employed
podcaster who with information from an artist/ call girl, Skylar has uncovered
a pay to play scheme by an L.A. councilman and his chief of staff to take
bribes from Chinese nationalists to grease the skids for their real estate
projects in California. When the perps find
out that Skylar has evidence enough to expose the scam, she is murdered and
Josh disappears. With Joe Pike’s and Jon
Stone’s help, Cole finds the bad guys who are also looking for Josh. Meanwhile, Cole’s former girl friend and
almost wife, Lucy returns from Baton Rouge and they must decide if it’s time to
continue their relationship.
Racing the Light is pretty much what you would expect
from a Robert Crais novel. Fast paced,
smart, and entertaining with no question about who are the good guys and who
are the bad guys. Welcome back Robert
Crais.
Thanks to
Netgalley for the advance look.
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