Haunted by being orphaned at an early age, and jaded by the corruption of the big city, Clay is happy to hit pause and investigate minor crimes. When he is hired to find out who sold the drugs that killed a six-month-old baby girl, he has no idea of the evil that he is going to uncover in the underbelly of his hometown. Wolfe Trap is a thrilling ride set in a small Maine town with rich characters and shocking plot twists that will keep the reader rapt until the final pages.
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Clay Wolfe, a former Boston detective, returns to his hometown Port Essex, Maine to watch over his grandfather. He starts a detective agency in the small community and is soon investigating a surprisingly huge drug smuggling business. Clay has to avoid being killed by a skilled marksman and deal with police who are either corrupt or incompetent. That’s all I’ll say about the plot. The story is well-written and fast-paced. The characters are what sells it. Clay’s retired lawyer grandfather Gene Wolfe, his former Navy Seal buddy Westy Beck, his coworker Baylee Baker, and many others are interesting and make you want to read more about them. I quickly started the second book in the series. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
In Wolfe Trap, the first of a new series from Maine writer Matt Cost, we have the classic PI, the literary character type who’s been around for almost a century. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting, and hard-loving man, he’s relentless in his search for the truth. We open in the familiar trope setting, his office, with a new female client– but this one is no femme fatale, rather a grandmother seeking vengeance. Clay Wolfe embarks on a dangerous journey into the seedy underbelly of his hometown, risking everything to set things right, despite the near-impossibility of the task. If you like your PI novels in the Old School Style, you’ll enjoy this outing.
Good plot with plenty of twists. Some of the twists seemed improbable but it didn’t seem to spoil the read
This is an action packed book , a very good, well written and obviously well researched story. Characters are believable and real characters!
Very well written and outstanding characterization. I’m looking forward to reading additional books in this series!
