5 stars out of 5
The star of the show is Chicago detective Annalisa Vega, who is great at detective work but in her personal life, not so much. When she learned that a couple of family members were involved in a murder - one of them her father, a former cop - she turned them in. No surprise, then, that most of her family members would just as soon not see her at Sunday dinner, and her fellow police officers think she's a snitch who should resign. On the plus side, he's still got support from her station chief and her ex-husband Nick Carelli, who has remained her work partner and friend.
As this story begins, Annalisa and Nick are called to a crime scene, where they find a very dead police officer and a very scared, but still very much alive, trophy wife. After a little digging, they determine that a rich guy who is suspected of murdering someone else but never charged did the deed this time as well. One potential problem? He's dating Annalisa's best friend, who refuses to believe he could possibly commit such a crime.
The ongoing investigation, much of which Annalisa (with a little help from Nick) is conducting on an unauthorized basis in part because of her connection to the suspect, heads for uncharted waters with the suggestion of a masked scuba diver, a bag full of money from an unknown source and what appears to be a systematic wipeout of a group known as the "Fantastic Four." Her reluctance to stand down not only angers her boss and threatens her job, but puts her square in the sights of someone, or several someones, who will do just about anything to get her to go away - alive or dead.
In short, it's another winner, and I'm already looking forward to the next installment of this entertaining series. Meantime, thanks to the publisher, via NetGalley, for allowing me to read and review a pre-release copy. Well done!
Long Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur Books, August 2022); 296 pp.
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