Book Review: A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun by David Putnam

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Synopsis:

Dave Beckett, a homicide detective who doesn’t color within the lines, is regulated to the lowest job in the division and is known by his peers as The Bone Dick. He handles all “bag of bone” cases found in San Bernardino County’s twenty thousand square miles, at present, count 256 pending unsolved. It’s a boring, mundane job…until it isn’t. In A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun, Beckett is called to a house far out in the desert where a dog has brought a bone to the back door. Beckett investigates and discovers the victim, two years dead, is someone he knows. Beckett, with his usual verve and colorful methods, tracks the killer. The trail leads through a warren of dead ends until he discovers a most unlikely suspect hiding in plain sight.

Review:

This is not your typical cop procedural/mystery. This is much more hard core REAL LIFE. It is VERY obvious reading the book before even looking at the author's bio, that he spent years in law enforcement and knows it's heart, inside and out. By taking parts that ring as true-life incidents and blending them into a cohesive story of a one incident that dominoes out and affects the entire division for years, and how events truly are 6 degrees of separation from another. It was also interesting seeing the book set in SoCal areas I spent much of my young life in, and seeing them from a cop's perspective! It's a non-stop roller coaster thriller that you won't be able to put down, once you're into the story and trying to figure out where it is headed. I definitely will be going back and reading the previous book, Fearless Moonlight Black, and Putnam is one of my new fav authors!

About the Author:

During his career in law enforcement, best-selling author David Putnam has worked in narcotics, violent crimes, criminal intelligence, hostage rescue, SWAT, and internal affairs, to name just a few. He is the recipient of many awards and commendations for heroism. A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun is the second novel in the Dave Beckett, Bone Detective series. Putnam is also the author of the very popular Bruno Johnson series. The Sinister is the ninth novel in the best-selling Bruno Johnson Crime Series, following The Disposables, The Replacements, The Squandered, The Vanquished, The Innocents, The Reckless, The Heartless, and The Ruthless. Putnam lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Mary.