{"id":16796,"date":"2022-05-24T19:39:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T23:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=16796"},"modified":"2022-05-24T19:39:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T23:39:41","slug":"last-redemption-by-matt-coyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=16796","title":{"rendered":"‘Last Redemption,’ by Matt Coyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Her brown hair was slicked back into a bun above a face of sculpted symmetrical beauty. She wore a matching symmetrical smile that exuded all the warmth of a protractor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d been following Matt Coyle\u2019s Rick Cahill series of private eye novels,<\/strong> but somehow I\u2019d missed the latest, Last Redemption<\/a><\/em>, which came out in 2021. I missed a lot, as it turned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Cahill is a San Diego PI, formerly a cop and a bartender. He struggles with guilt over past mistakes, and has been somewhat self-destructive in the past. But now his life has changed. He\u2019s engaged to a woman he loves, Leah, and she\u2019s pregnant. They plan to marry before the baby is born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What he\u2019s not telling Leah is that he\u2019s been diagnosed with CRT, a brain damage condition common to pro football players. Repeated head traumas over the years are beginning to take their toll (I\u2019ve always felt fictional private eyes get knocked out too often, without realistic effect). He occasionally suffers mental fugues, forgetting who he is and what he\u2019s doing. And the doctor tells him his life expectancy is reduced. He\u2019s going to tell Leah soon, but hasn\u2019t made up his mind to it yet. Still, he\u2019s changed his life. He\u2019s not taking the hard-boiled jobs anymore. He\u2019s doing security checks for companies. Simple office work, on his computer. Boring, but the income is good and he wants to be a family man now. To be around for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he hears from Moira, a fellow private eye who\u2019s saved his life in the past. She\u2019s worried about her son Luke, who\u2019s a computer whiz. Luke had been working for a company that audits computer programs, and was checking out a medical technology startup that\u2019s on the brink of a breakthrough in cancer treatment. But Luke has broken up with his girlfriend, who put a restraining order on him. And now he\u2019s disappeared. And he\u2019s suspected in a murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, how dangerous can this job be? Quick in, quick out, no hassle, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Redemption<\/em> was well-written, gripping, and suspenseful. I enjoyed it immensely, and recommend it highly, along with the whole series. But this one was the best of the lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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