Pat was a detective, plus he has worked for the FBI and other crime units in the past. Once again he is called into a case by the Director DeYoung. Pat is at the scene of a murder when he is attacked. He comes upon the suspect and listens while his attacker tells a very weird story before jumping. Will his suicide make Pat take a step back? Who was the man talking about? Is it a group or just one person? Pat feels he must find the answers.

EVERY CROOKED PATH by Steven James is a novel in the Bowers Files series. While I have not read any of the others in this series, I had no problem putting the characters together. EVERY CROOKED PATH hooked me in the first chapter. It was a fast psychological thriller along with murder mystery. I was really impressed how I had to read to the end to find out the real killer. Most of the time when I read a mystery, I can figure out the killer before the end. Not in this book, and that is what makes a good mystery.

Steven James is right up there with the likes of James Patterson; I could not put EVERY CROOKED PATH down. Steven James descriptions of his characters along with the way he writes their background is great. I can't wait for more. While it does have some gruesome scenes, EVERY CROOKED PATH is not hard to read. I was sorry when this book ended, and I will be looking for other books by Steven James. When I find a book that pulls me in from the beginning, I want more.