Publisher Description
Danny Barrett is caught between a family of criminals and the psychopath who is tracking them in the latest novel of the series the New York Times calls, "Dynamite."
The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny Barrett is the one they call when they need someone to investigate crimes in the wilderness.
This case is a particularly difficult one. For more than a century the Danby family have ruled as kings in their corner of the Pacific Northwest. The Feds were mostly willing to look the other way while the family smuggled everything from liquor to cigarettes across the border, but lately things have taken a darker turn.
A recent bank robbery in Seattle looks like it may have been committed by the Danbys, but there's no way the FBI can get any locals to turn against them. Only Danny Barrett has what it takes to get inside the organization and shut them down.
But before Danny can do that he's going to have to contend with Henry Carter, a former in-law and current psychopath. The Danbys thought they left Henry for dead in the deepest part of the woods, but he's coming back. He'll go to hell to get his revenge, and he's willing to take the whole family with him.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Corbett shines with the gritty second installment in his Danny Barrett series (after The Sweet Goodbye), which chronicles the freelance fixer's attempt to infiltrate a legendary Pacific Northwest crime family. The Danbys have inhabited the Puget Sound's Cape Rage island for generations, committing violent crimes up and down the West Coast since Prohibition. Their recent activities, including multiple homicides and dozens of armed robberies, have spurred the FBI to assemble a task force dedicated to bringing them down. After the Danbys break into a Wells Fargo branch in San Francisco, killing two security guards in the process, the Bureau's Seattle office enlists Barrett to gain the trust of key family members and gather evidence against them. Seems straightforward enough, but Barrett's not the only one targeting the Danbys. After the Wells Fargo heist, one of the robbers—Henry Carter, husband of Tess Danby—was shot and left for dead by his co-conspirators. He survived, however, and his plan for revenge could put him on a bloody collision course with Barrett. Corbett enhances his nail-biting plot with vivid depictions of the moody rural Washington State setting and convincing characterizations of cops and criminals alike. John Galligan fans will be delighted.
