"Every ethnic group has it's mob."

.The murders of the mayor's grandson and his wife were obviously professional hits with no clues to follow even months later other than the assumption that the killings were a message to tell mayor. Detective Louis Martelli and his partner, Sean O'Keeffe, were getting desperate as even more months passed.

Cohen's style of writing is that of gritty reality, with careful description and believable characters and action. It was difficult to believe that this was a fictional story, even including an afterward to inform the reader of the future fates of characters included. And the partnership of the detectives was well presented as well as believable.
Narration is by Gregg Rizzo who has a most pleasant voice, reads well with good pacing and is a perfect fitting for Detective Martelli. Sadly, not so much for other characters. Whilst each is individually voiced, several are unpleasant, nasal or even almost inappropriately comedic and marred the ongoing listening, making it difficult for this reader to listen in the continuity preferred.

My first encounter with this author and his detective series of which this is book five, but it stood perfectly well alone without my having read the earlier books. I hope soon to remedy this, starting with book one (which has an alternative narrator). My thanks to the right's holder of Eighth Circle who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. It was a good and enjoyable read..

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