More mystery than thriller, Robert Crais’s Chasing Darkness follows a detective’s hunt for the truth after a man he had helped clear of murder is found dead with evidence he had committed several homicides. Instinct and persistence lead the private eye through the hills of Los Angeles and past many a stumbling block as the cold cases begin to heat up. Robert Crais is in his element writing of California’s dark side with a quirky sense of humour and a use of the first person that puts the reader smack in the middle of the story.

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