My second book by Robert Crais, different from the other because it does not follow Joe Pike or Elvis Cole, his two main protagonists. This one follows a paroled, reformed bank robber by the name of Max Holman, As luck would have it, his estranged son, now a policeman, is shot the day he gets paroled. He, of course, vows to find the killer even though he's penniless, been in prison for ten years, has no family and knows practically no one. Thus, he forms an unlikely alliance with Katherine Pollard, retired FBI agent, the one, in fact, that put Holman away. Far fetched, yes, but if you can forget about it, the story, their growing relationship, and the journey to find and catch the killer is fun, even riveting at times, taking you back to an earlier bank robbery, one where both dudes are killed, but they have left close to 16 million bucks behind, the motivation for the killing of Holman's son, as we find out. The trail leads down various dead ends; Holman is hassled by the cops, who are also quietly searching for the murderers, and ironically, it leads back to the law, to the FBI, to Agent Pollard's partner. It's the journey, not the destination, that one enjoys. Remember that. I read it in two days...that should tell you something.
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