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A review by jdarnold
Deception Cove by Owen Laukkanen
4.0
Laukkanen has written one of my favorite recent mystery series, the Stevens and Windermere books. I enjoyed his standalone "nautical adventure", *Gale Force* and so I quickly grabbed *Deception Cove* off the New Books shelf at my local library. The blurb on the back said "Everything you could want in a thriller - rich setting, breckneck pacing, thrilling action, a tone of heart, and a great dog" and by gum, it sure did deliver!
The book tells the story of Mason Burke, ex-con who just got released from prison, who heads to the Northwest US to see what happened to the dog he help train. This dog, Lucy, is the emotional support dog of Jess Winslow, a former US Marine who is recovering from some serious PTSD after some bad stuff went down in Afghanistan.
I imagine you can picture the rest - how it is a corrupt police force, some drugs, some really bad men and Jess, Mason and Lucy try to get back on some solid emotional ground, but somebody has to pay for it before that can happen.
But it is well written and moves along at a brisk pace. Mason is a little too good to be true, but some of his internal struggles belie his steadiness. I am not usually a big fan of books in general, but mysteries in specific, that tell the story from all sides like this one does, but it does pull it off pretty well. There really isn't much "mystery" involved, so I would call it more of a thriller. There is certainly plenty of action (and bloodshed) but it comes together neatly, but not too neatly.
I give it a hearty thumbs up and I am looking forward to more in the *Neah Bay* series.
The book tells the story of Mason Burke, ex-con who just got released from prison, who heads to the Northwest US to see what happened to the dog he help train. This dog, Lucy, is the emotional support dog of Jess Winslow, a former US Marine who is recovering from some serious PTSD after some bad stuff went down in Afghanistan.
I imagine you can picture the rest - how it is a corrupt police force, some drugs, some really bad men and Jess, Mason and Lucy try to get back on some solid emotional ground, but somebody has to pay for it before that can happen.
But it is well written and moves along at a brisk pace. Mason is a little too good to be true, but some of his internal struggles belie his steadiness. I am not usually a big fan of books in general, but mysteries in specific, that tell the story from all sides like this one does, but it does pull it off pretty well. There really isn't much "mystery" involved, so I would call it more of a thriller. There is certainly plenty of action (and bloodshed) but it comes together neatly, but not too neatly.
I give it a hearty thumbs up and I am looking forward to more in the *Neah Bay* series.