Dead Drop is the first in Author James L’Etoile’s Detective Nathan Parker potential series. I’ve read and enjoyed his earlier Detective Penley series. Readers who enjoy noir, thrillers, police procedurals, and suspense will like these books. James L’Etoile uses his background in the prison system to add verisimilitude to the novel.
The protagonist, Detective Nathan Parker, is based in Arizona. He has recently lost a fellow cop—his partner—to an unsolved murder and ended his relationship with a female FBI agent.
Suspense is high from the get-go as the novel starts out with the discovery of dead bodies packing into 55-gallon drums and covered with some unknown chemical. From there, the book hits on violence on the southern border of the US, racial issues, illegal immigrants, and politics. The good guys and the bad guys aren’t clearly delineated, making this an intellectual teaser as well. My favorite part is that Parker has a tremendous character arc, and it will be interesting to learn where this growth will take him.
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Dead Drop: A Detective Nathan Parker Novel (Level Best Books, July 19, 2022) is available through:
The books in his Detective Penley series, At What Cost and Bury the Past, are available through the same facilities.
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