Kevin Wade--playwright, film and TV screenwriter and producer--has turned his hand to the death of a life-long friend, Johnny Chambliss. Though they were from wildly differeent social classes, they bonded over playing la crosse and remained friends through thick and thin. Protagonist, "Jeep" Mullane is the new police chief for his home town on the North Shore of Long Island, is unable to accept the verdict of accidental death when his friend is pulled from the water, obviously the victim of being hit by a skidoo.
Library Journal summarizes the book by saying "Mullane juggles commitment to Johnny's family, complicated feelings for Johnny's ex-wife, Niven, and pressure from local mayors to stop a car theft ring, while seeking the truth about Johnny's death... " and concluding "the central characters are rich and the plot propulsive.... Wade delivers a complicated police drama of the Don Winslow variety, written in the neo-noir style of Robert B. Parker's Spenser books." Publishers Weekly offers this: "Wade smoothly toggles between Jeep's present-day investigation and his friendship with Johnny, shedding light on their class differences and the events that led them to lose touch in adulthood. Wade's gift for suspense is as well honed as one would expect from his film and TV credits--the real surprise is his character work, which goes deep enough that readers will find themselves thinking about Jeep and Johnny long after they've turned the final page. Haunting and heartbreaking, this is a winner."
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