Blind Vigil
Still blind.
Every morning for the last nine months, Rick Cahill has opened his eyes to total darkness.
Shot in the face while solving the cold case murder of his wife, the private investigator now counts his steps from room to room and ponders what his next act will be. There’s nothing less useful than a blind private eye, or so he thinks.
That is until Moira, his old partner, knocks on his door and asks for his help on a case. Rick’s former best friend and one-time restaurant business partner, Turk, has hired Moira to shadow his girlfriend. Turk says she’s been distant lately, lying about where she’s been. Moira just wants Rick to accompany her when she meets with Turk to get a read on his motives.
When Turk’s girlfriend, Shay, is brutally murdered, Turk becomes the prime suspect.
Matt Coyle’s Blind Vigil (Oceanview) is a tense triangle between Rick, who believes Turk is innocent; Moira, who thinks he’s guilty; and Turk, who isn’t always … as forthcoming as he could be.
Who was Shay meeting in the hours before her death? What was she celebrating with champagne and chocolate cake? Who was she before she came to San Diego from Idaho, where her mother was bilked out of close to a million when she sold the family ranch?
As he gets back in the game, Rick comes to realize how his remaining senses can be just as helpful as sight, sometimes even more so. When danger comes up from behind, was it the same man following him? Or just another man wearing the same deodorant?
Coyle’s seventh novel featuring private investigator Rick Cahill boils with tension on every page, every detail leading to the next, not a word wasted.
It’s a fast-paced procedural that takes us along on stakeouts, to police interrogation rooms, press conferences pitting Turk’s defense attorney against dirt-hungry reporters, and inside Rick and Moira’s reasoning as they follow their clues to the truth. There’s Rick’s very helpful black Lab named Midnight, too.
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Genre: Fiction, Thrillers ISBN: 9781608094690
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