Review: Bone Canyon

Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read the first Eve Ronin ages ago but earmarked the series to continue. Eve is young, but fortunately, for several reasons, partnered with a soon to retire, Duncan Pavone. As a lowly patrol officer, Eve physically took down an arrogant movie star accosting a woman. His moniker in the movies was Deathfist and the take down was, of course, caught on every phone on site. The resulting video led to Eve getting the same nickname and her immediate fame and popularity allowed the Sheriff to promote her over the heads of others more senior.

Reason number one that her partner, Dunkin' Donuts Pavone, was a lucky pairing. His popularity with the troops shielded her a bit from the animosity felt toward her. He also is able to some extent rope Eve in a bit, since she is single-minded in her search for justice and the solution to the crimes they are assigned--not giving much thought to any political or social fallout she might suffer within the force.

The author is a screenwriter and it shows--the books read like a TV procedural and are so well done that the reader can " see " the settings, characters, leads and red herrings, as well as " hear " the dialog, sounds of the ocean, cars, bullets, and " smell " the burgers, fries and pizza these two seem to have as their only meals. One of the best series for forming mental images of the action I've ever read.

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