It’s always an issue of trust in any relationship. Distrust breeds discontent and anger. What if you are brought up to be in control of your situation, life, and career... and then things change. Things that seemed clear now appear blurred. And in SET UP IN THE CITY by B.J. Daniels, life became overly complicated and dangerous to boot.

We are off and running in the newest crime novel by my favorite B. J. Daniels. Her justice series is amazing and addictive. Each one is an intriguing page-turner, start to finish. I often try to figure out just where are we heading. I’ve learned to be patient, knowing Daniels has my back.

In SET UP IN THE CITY, two terrific characters with little or nothing in common, except both good folks, team up to ferret out the culprit in a stream of murders. The immediate events seem random with just a hint of foul play. Don’t judge a book by its cover and in SET UP IN THE CITY, don’t get caught up in the probabilities of circling around the killer and the next victim.

Willy Colt is one of four Colt brothers. Willy is a deputy. His brothers run an investigation company. One thing about the Colt brothers is they stick together and have each other backs. When Willy is knocked out by someone who kidnapped the man he was bringing in for questioning, it begins a series of events that at times befuddle him. The suspect was an arsonist who had stayed beneath the radar for a long time. But in his latest one, a woman was killed. Why was a woman in an otherwise abandoned building? Why was Spark kidnapped? Too many unanswered questions.

Attorney Eleanor Shaffer was assigned Spark as her client. That has unfortunately put her right in the crosshairs of whoever is looking to clear the field of anyone who could point a finger at them. Deputy Willy Colt was to escort Spark to Montana to sit before their courts. Now Eleanor and Willie find themselves on the run. Both share the desire to collect info on this case which gets more convoluted and complicated day by day.

B.J. Daniels outdoes herself with this web of suspects and the essence of dangerous predicaments. Watching Eleanor and Willie trudge through the muck and mire of their discoveries is exhausting and exciting. Don’t even try to figure out who are the bad guys. My list kept getting updated and I wasn’t even close. The e-book version of SET UP IN THE CITY contains a second story, RESCUE AT CARDWELL RANCH, which I had already read and reviewed many years ago.