Working for his mentor at La Jolla Investigations after
losing his job as a cop, PI Rick Cahill is one of the
best "peepers" in San Diego, but he wants to do something
other than taking bedroom pics of cheaters. Still troubled
by his wife's unsolved murder years ago, which some still
believe he was responsible for, Rick is intrigued when
attorney Timothy Buckley, an old acquaintance, requests his
help with an unusual investigation. It means Rick will have
to take time off to freelance the case, which his
boss/mentor reluctantly agrees to let him do -- with firm
admonitions.
Buckley is trying to free Randall Eddington from prison
believing he was wrongly convicted eight years ago of
viciously murdering his adopted parents and younger sister
when he was 18 years old. Randall's grandfather is footing
the bill for a new investigation hoping it will lead to a
new trial, but many people are in strong opposition to this
taking place.
Chief of Police Tony Moretti was lead detective on the
Eddington case, which built his reputation and propelled
him to his position of power. The last thing Moretti wants
is to have the high-profile case reopened, especially by
Cahill. Once Cahill is involved, though, he cannot quit. It
is something that finally gives him purpose. The harder the
cops squeeze Cahill's investigation, the more convinced he
is that something else is at play in the situation -- and
Randall Eddington just may be innocent. However, Cahill
could never have foreseen the danger he'd encounter, the
devastating outcome that would occur, or how it would turn
his world upside down and leave him questioning decisions
in his life.
NIGHT TREMORS is Matt Coyle's second superb thriller
featuring the flawed, but likable, PI Rick Cahill. Coyle
keeps the plot progressing at a solid pace with tight prose
and a sufficient amount of unforeseen twists and turns to
sustain readers' interest to the shocking conclusion. Fans
of PI thrillers, like myself, will find NIGHT TREMORS an
excellent reading experience -- and eagerly anticipating
the
next Rick Cahill novel.
Nightmares of the man he killed two years ago still chase
Rick Cahill through his sleep. The memory of his murdered
wife haunts him during waking hours. His private
investigative work, secretly photographing adulterers,
paid
for his new house but stains his soul.
When an old nemesis asks for his help to free a man from
prison, a man he thinks is wrongly convicted of murder,
Rick grabs at the chance to turn his life around. His
investigation takes him from the wealthy enclave of La
Jolla to the dark underbelly of San Diego. His quest
fractures his friendship with his mentor, endangers his
steady job, and draws the ire of the Police Chief who had
tried to put Rick behind bars forever. With the police on
one side of the law and a vicious biker gang on the
other,
all trying to stop him from freeing the man in prison,
Rick
risks his life to uncover the truth that only the real
killer knows — what happened one bloody night eight years
earlier.
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