For twenty-five years, Robert Crais has written extraordinary novels
of crime and suspense. He is "a master of crime fiction" (Associated
Press); "his novels get better with every new book" (Portland
Oregonian); "Crais is hands-down the world's greatest crime writer"
(The Huffington Post).
But in Suspect, he may have written his most remarkable novel of all.
LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well, not since a shocking
nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie,
nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready to explode.
He is unfit for duty--until he meets his new partner.
Maggie is not doing so well, either. The German shepherd survived three
tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing explosives before she lost her
handler to an IED and sniper attack, and her PTSD is as bad as Scott's.
They are each other's last chance. He was a young cop on the rise, she
was bred to guard and protect. Now they are shunned and shunted to the
side. They are suspect. And together they will set out to investigate
the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men
who murdered Stephanie.
Nine months and sixteen days later, they remained free. They were still
out there.
What they begin to find is nothing like what Scott has been told, and
where it will lead them will take them both through the darkest moments
of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again, no one
can say.
Thrilling, emotional, intense, with some of the best characters and
well-crafted writing in all of crime fiction, Suspect is further proof
that "Crais just keeps getting better" (Publishers Weekly).
