A Florida process server trying to pick up the pieces of his life looks into a hit-and-run mystery in this โcompellingโ crime novel by the Edgar Award winner (Kirkus Reviews).
Lew Fonesca is a man who does things for people. He makes small problems go away and tries to keep the larger ones from landing his clients in jail. He finds deadbeats and errant spouses, and generally keeps the populace of Sarasota on the up and up.
Now Lew is faced with one case that will try his patience . . . and another that may break his heart.
The first involves an elderly woman who swears sheโs witnessed a murder in her old age home despite the fact that everyone she tells her story toโher family, the hospital staff, and finally the copsโtell her that it just couldnโt have happened. The other has Lew trying to identify a hit-and-run driver who killed a fourteen-year-old boy, and dredges up some very painful memories.
As Lew begins to dig deeper into both cases he finds that theyโre tied together in ways he canโt hope to untangle. And when someone tries to run him down, he knows heโs getting close to some nasty home truths . . .
Praise for the Lew Fonesca series
โA psychologically acute and fast-moving crime series.โ โBooklist
โKaminsky is such a pro that the pages fly by, and even though Lew is often such a sad sack, itโs hard not to root for him.โ โChicago Tribune
โGrabs readers and takes them on a memorably tumultuous ride.โ โPublishers Weekly