Wednesday, June 19, 2019

A Man, A Woman and A Dog

Deception Cove by Owen Laukkanen; 2019; $28.00;372 pages; Mulholland Books, New York, NY; 978-0316-44870-3; checked out from Multnomah County Library, Woodstock; 6/14/19-6/18/19

I am looking forward to someday reading more by Owen Laukkanen, I really like his style.  
Mason Burke was the getaway driver in a robbery in which someone was killed.  He was charged with murder, pled guilty and served his sentence.  One thing he did prior to his release was help train a rescue dog, Lucy, to be an emotional support dog for a Marine suffering from PTSD.
Lucy went to Jess Winslow, a female Marine, who lives on the Washington coast.  Her late husband had gotten involved in something illegal and the bad guys are coming after her.  
Mason finds out where Lucy has gone and goes there to check on her and gets involved in the fight between Jess and the bad guys.  The interplay between good and bad and shades of grey is amazing.  Almost every character has multiple sides to them and the author really brings them to life.  The relationships ebb and flow like real relationships do.   

10/10

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