LOST TOMORROWS Is another Excellent Novel from Matt Coyle

The sixth entry in Matt Coyle's Rick Cahill series is another very entertaining novel and ties up some of the threads that the author has developed in the earlier books in the series. Cahill is now a P.I. in San Diego, but years earlier, when he was a cop in Santa Barbara, his wife was murdered there. Cahill was the prime suspect in the killing, but there was not enough evidence to charge him and he left Santa Barbara with the reputation of a cop who had gotten away with murder.

Now, Krista Landingham, Rick's former partner on the Santa Barbara force, has been killed by a hit-and-run driver. Krista's sister, Leah, invites Cahill to the funeral. Rick figures that he has to go to honor Krista's memory, even though he knows that he's going to face a world of trouble from other Santa Barbara cops who still hate him for allegedly disgracing the department.

Once at the funeral, Leah tells Rick that she believes her sister was murdered, even though the police have classified the case as a hit and run accident. She wants Cahill to investigate, and when he takes the case, Cahill is stunned to learn that just before she died, Krista had reopened the case of his wife's murder.

In Cahill's mind then, his wife's death and that of his former partner are clearly linked, and his investigation into the two killings will take him down a very dark path and entangle him with some very nasty adversaries. Cahill continues to be a very appealing protagonist and, like the others in the series, this book is very well-plotted with lots of action and plenty of twists and turns that will keep the reader on the edge of his or her seat. All in all, a very good read.