From the Publisher
ONE OF GOODREADS’ MOST ANTICITPATED MYSTERY & THRILLERS OF THE YEAR
“The author of the award-winning “Monkeewrench” novels launches a new L.A.-based series with an intense, unforgettable novel that focuses on the predators and prey that thrive in the city. The intricately plotted story handles Easton’s PTSD with compassion while revealing his disturbing torment. Three complex characters, Sam, Melody, and Detective Nolan, are introduced in a gripping story for thriller fans.” —Library Journal (starred review), Pick of the Month
“[A] riveting series launch. . . . The suspense rises as the plot takes some unexpected twists and turns. Readers will want to see more of Maggie, a complicated woman determined to succeed in a profession dominated by men, and the troubled Sam, who does his best to do the right thing.” —Publishers Weekly
"Tracy launches a new series that depends as much on strong character development as it does on crime-solving." —Booklist
“The layered storytelling and empathy offered to every character make Deep into the Dark not just a hard-to-put-down thriller, but one that leaves the reader with much to think on, with no easy answers in sight.” —BookPage
Kirkus Reviews
2020-10-14
After 10 chronicles of the crime-solving adventures of the madcap partners in Minneapolis’ Monkeewrench Software, Tracy shifts dramatically to focus on a spate of killings on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile.
Stella Clary is the third woman to be gutted by a murderer who’s shown no interest in molesting his victims sexually. Although LAPD homicide detectives Margaret Nolan and Al Crawford are under pressure to bring in the perp, they can’t even figure out how he escapes the blood-drenched crime scenes without getting noticed. And things are about to get worse. The morning after event promoter Ryan Gallagher settles an argument with his girlfriend, Pearl Club waitress Melody Traeger, by punching her out, someone breaks into her apartment and leaves two dozen red roses behind. A peace offering, she thinks, but Ryan insists they weren’t from him, and a day later he’s dead too, leaving Melody both traumatized and thoroughly creeped out by the black Jeep she’s convinced is stalking her. Sam Easton, the Pearl Club’s barback, takes Melody under his wing even though he’s got problems of his own, from extensive physical and mental scarring from a car bomb he was the only GI to survive to his haunting by Ronald Doerr, who served with him in Afghanistan, to his recent breakup with his wife, Yukiko, who’s about to get killed herself and make Sam a prime suspect. Detective Remy Beaudreau, who wants to buy Nolan a drink and take her home with him, doesn’t believe in coincidences, and brother, is he in the wrong book.
Good LA atmosphere, people worth caring about, lots of corpses, and at least one killer too many.
