Rick is a private investigator and down on his luck. The police department has been after him as the prime suspect in his wife's murder, so every chance they get, they pull him over.

Brianne is not sure that her husband killed himself. Even though they were separated Brianne still feels that he would never take his own life. Brianne wants to hire Rick to investigate his murder but he doesn't want to take this case as he knows that he will have to deal with the La Jolla police chief.

Nevertheless, Rick does take on this case, and what he finds, shocks him. Jim was about to release some very damaging evidence that he has found so Rick still is not sure if it was murder or suicide. A lot of the clues lead to murder, but why? In the mist of all of his digging, he also finds that he is very attracted to Brianne. Rick knows this is not a great move to make, but he does.

Why is it that all of Jim's friends hate Brianne, and why are they all keeping secrets about what they know about?

Matt Coyle has become one of my favorites when it comes to suspense and mystery. I have said this before, but he is right up there with James Patterson. I can't wait to read one of his books when they come out. DARK FISSURES was great.

There are so many characters in DARK FISSURES but I was not confused about who was who. I also enjoyed the fact that Coyle carries previous stories into his books. We are still trying to figure out what really happened to Rick's wife. Who really murder her? I am sure in one of Matt's books, we will finally find out who done it. Waiting impatiently for the next one I just wish there wasn't so much time in between them.