Synopsis from the book
The heart-pounding
new thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers
including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the Sunday Times bestsellers The
Blue Zone and Reckless.
Leading a tour down
the rapids outside Aspen, Colorado, white-water guide Dani Haller comes across
the body of a close friend. Refusing to believe it was an accident, Dani
uncovers evidence that backs up her suspicions and takes her case to Wade Dunn,
local police chief and her ex-stepfather.
Wade insists the case
is closed but Rooster, a hot-air balloon operator, claims he saw something that
Dani needs to know. Before she can find out, however, Rooster plunges to his
death in a fiery crash. Dani threatens to go public with her evidence, and
finds herself thrown in jail.
When ex-detective Ty
Hauck receives word that his god-daughter is in trouble, he immediately jumps
to her aid. Together he and Dani step foot into a sinister scheme running deep
beneath the surface of a quiet, Colorado town that has made a deal with devil
to survive.
My Review
I
enjoyed this book and would rate it 4 stars!
The
story starts off with Dani Whalen (Ty’s god-daughter we learn) and her job on
the river rapids as a white-water guide.
Dani gets a thrill from this job despite gaining a major in geology this
was the job she decided to do and loves.
During
one of her guides Dani finds the body of a close friend (Trey Watson) amongst
the Cradle’s rapids in a section known as “Baby’s Rattle”.
Chief
Wade Dunn, the Sheriff in the small town of Carbondale, who has a history of
mixing pills and bourbon and who also happens to be Dani’s stepdad is sent to
investigate the matter. The pair do not
see eye to eye (Wade having been married to Dani’s mum before she died, which
Dani blames him for).
Rooster
(Ron) a balloon operator opens his mouth in the busy pub not long after Trey’s
body is found shouting out that it wasn’t an accident but murder!
Shortly
after this, whilst Rooster is in the middle of showing a family the scenery in
a hot air balloon trip early one morning, he is killed.
Dani
already suspicious of Trey’s death had begun to investigate this by looking
into things without the police knowing and ends up landing herself in jail instigated
by Wade. Dani’s biological father is
informed of this and asks Ty to go down and check that Dani is fine and keep
her company (i.e. out of trouble). Dani’s
dad and Ty are old friends. Upon Ty
checking into the town and speaking to Dani and with a bit of gentle persuasion
Ty and Dani start looking into the death of her friends to see if there is /
was anything suspicious surrounding the incidents.
Upon
investigating in the way Ty does, he stumbles across a link between the Alpha
Group (members being Colin Jerrod Adrian, John Robertson and Randall
McKay). Things go from bad to worse then
and things start to be uncovered which involve Ty’s life being put in danger.
Dani
is a feisty girl and like a dog with a bone.
Ty is pretty much the same and therefore the partnership works well
together.
Want
to know more then I suggest you pick the book up and read.
Just
hope there isn’t another 5 year wait before the next instalment of Ty Hauck!
