Sex, lies, and criminal ties.
A sudden and dramatic car crash leaves a top television exec
dazed and confused; more so when he realizes a good Samaritan is a sheep in
wolfs clothing, and is part of an elaborate ruse to kidnap his family. As Leone
Scamarcio investigates the nature of the kidnapping a connection to organised
crime and a shady brother in-law emerge as key pieces to the puzzle. With the
investigation slipping away, and suspects mounting, Scamarcio’s lone wolf
investigative approach might not be enough to save the exec’s wife and child.
Scamarcio’s own connection to organised crime is an omnipresent
cloud that hangs over his every move; a cloud that only gets darker as he
become embroiled in a power play for the criminal elite. Does trading one
problem for another, one side for another clear his debt or double it?
The Hit reads like a bare knuckles Mafioso story and police
procedural in one, equally at home amongst Dennis Lehane (Joe Coughlin series)
and Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch Series); top notch story telling from beginning
to end, the best Scamarcio novel yet.
I was provided a copy by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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