Jon Gutierre is in trouble again at the police department. Although he's a closer, he also has little regard for protocol or rules. This time he let his heart get the better of him and set up a pimp who was beating a prostitute who came to him for protection. He put heroin in the pimp's car trunk but unfortunately he was videotaped and the video has gone viral.
Antonia Scott may be the smartest person alive. She had been working for the government in a secret agency that handled sensitive crimes until her work brought tragedy to her home and her husband was left in a coma for the past three years. She spends all her time at the hospital in his room, hoping against hope that he will emerge from his sleep.
Now the two have been paired to solve the case of an assassin who is committing impossible crimes. The first is a teenager, the son of wealthy parents who is left in their home completely drained of blood. Was he kidnapped? Did something go wrong with the ransom or was this always a plot against the family? Now the grown daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the world has been kidnapped and taken away. Can Antonia and Jon solve the case before she too is killed?
Juan Gomez-Jurado is a Spanish author and journalist. This book is hugely successful there and has been adapted as an Amazon Prime Video series. The characters are fresh, the plot is delivered at breakneck speed and the crimes are engaging. The interplay between the two main characters is interesting and this novel is the first of three in a series. I know I'll be reading the rest of the series and I'm grateful to have discovered a new author to me. This book is recommended for mystery and thriller readers.
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