A review by vkemp
Envy the Night by Michael Koryta

4.0

Frank Temple III drives through the night to Wisconsin. He is returning to his father’s cabin as a result of a call from Ezra Ballard, one of his father’s closest friends. Frank Temple Jr. has been dead for seven years; he was an F.B.I. agent and a contract killer who committed suicide when his cover was about to come apart at the seams. Frank is looking for the man who informed on his father and caused his suicide. Frank plans to kill him. Nora Stafford has run Stafford’s Collision and Custom on the Willow Flowage, a remote area of Wisconsin, since her father’s stroke. Ezra tells Frank that Devin Matteson, his father’s Mafia contact, is heading to Wisconsin. Ezra’s telephone call sets in motion the death of five more people, some more innocent than others. Frank and Nora collide with mob hit men and the F.B.I. as they try to survive another day. Frank’s father taught him survival skills and he puts them to good use while protecting Nora. Ezra made his peace with Vietnam while in the Willow and he remembers his skills as well.