Though not as good (in my opinion) as the previous book in the series, this offerring is certainly a joy ride. Like a roller coaster, once you begin reading, the ride begins and does not let up until the conclusion, keeping this reader attuned to my Audible book.
The plot has Hardman hired by a lawyer to locate a missing child, part of a custody action between parents. As usual he has the assistance of his number two man, Hump, and off they go. Soon they find the little girl is part of a bigger plot having to do with drug smuggling and selling.
The bonus to this audio-book is narrator Shawn Compton. If the story is a roller coaster, then he is the brace buckle, that keeps the reader/listener tightly in his seat. Compton’s taught, terse, lightly animated reading really helps to verbally represent the tension within the plot. Rarely does a narrator add to the enjoyment of a book, but Shawn Compton continues to do that here.
Though not my favorite of the three I have read in the series, it is still worth reading/listening to this fine hard boiled mystery.