The Corruptible

I will have to admit that I am a sucker for a good mystery book.  I found "The Corruptible: A Ray Quinn Mystery" to be just that, a good mystery book.  It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.  I didn't get bored with this book, but it did move at a fairly slow pace for a mystery book.  Part of that may be due to my love for TV shows of the same genre that move quickly and take several episodes or seasons to develop their characters.  This is the second book in a series, and I have not read the first one, so there may be some background information that I am missing.

The basic premise of the book is centered around an ex-cop, Ray Quinn, who was injured in the line of duty and now is working as a Private Investigator.  His carrer as a PI was helped by a previous case that he helped to solve and now afforded him certain perks as a consultant with the police force.  His partner is a wanna be cop by the name of Crevis, who is good hearted but cannot seem to pass the written cop exam.  Ray is hired to recover some stolen materials by a very wealthy investment firm that is run by Armon Mayer.  Ray is told that he was hired because the suspect was a dirty ex-cop, Logan, who had been working as a security guard for Mayer.  As Quinn begins his search Logan is found dead with the stolen goods no where to be found.  Quinn finds himself working alongside the police force in both the murder investigation as well as his own investigation into the stolen goods.  The case seems to go round and round while running into many dead ends but Quinn does end up solving the case in the end, which as it turns out was an inside job for the theft and a revenge of sorts for the murder.

With this being a "Christian" mystery novel there is a hint of evangelism  on the part of one of the characters who desires to help Ray.  In the end Ray does finally start listening to her and begins a journey toward sobriety that the author leads open for subsequent books.

All in all this was a good read.  There were a few things that seemed unbelievable from time to time, but I chalk that up to a work of fiction.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.