Rip Crew
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
In this "taut, tense international thriller" (Alafair Burke), streetwise U.S. agent Valentine Pescatore investigates a brutal killing that reveals a vast conspiracy of wealth and power. One of Kirkus Reviews's Best Mysteries of the Year!
Valentine Pescatore, the globetrotting former Border Patrol agent, finds himself back on American soil investigating the merciless killing of a group of women in a motel room. At first, the crime seems to be a straightforward case of gangsters battling for territory. Soon, however, the motive is revealed to be much deeper and more sinister: a single witness who knows too much is being hunted, at any cost.
From an author who has been praised for his "pounding action scenes [and] ferocious prose style" (Marilyn Stasio, NYTBR), Rip Crew races at breakneck speed as Pescatore finds himself face-to-face with his most terrifying assignment yet.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Leo M ndez, the former chief of the Diogenes Group police unit in Tijuana, Mexico, is now a journalist living in San Diego, Calif., in Rotella's strong third series thriller (after 2014's The Convert's Song). When M ndez's old boss in Mexico asks for his help exposing the Blake Acquisitions Group, a U.S. firm that's apparently in cahoots with Mexican narcopoliticians, he agrees to do so. Meanwhile, M ndez's old PI friend, Valentine Pescatore, wants M ndez's help investigating the murders of 10 women shot execution-style in a Tecate motel. The horrific crime is assumed to have been perpetrated by an unknown "rip crew," a gang that specializes in ripping off drug smugglers. M ndez and Pescatore's investigations merge, and both men fight off several assassination attempts. Rotella writes convincingly about the realities and mechanics of investigative journalism, and his detailed action scenes add just enough mayhem to keep thriller readers on the edge of their seats.
Customer Reviews
Great character development
Two thumbs up for Rotella's Rip Crew with fast-paced plot and excellent character development. Definitely recommend. Am going to go back now and read his earlier novels.