Cal O'Connor, an ex-military covert operative, was recently discharged from military service for using deadly force to stop the rape of an innocent Afghan woman. Cal is back in the U.S., without direction. As he sits in his car at a stoplight, he sees a man with a boy in the car next to him. At first, nothing seems out of place, but as the man and the boy pull away, the boy turns back to Cal and mouths the word "help." What happens next will change the way you think about the Internet and child abuse and send your rushing for the next in the series.
Saving Chase was an incredibly good read. The writing style and crime genre reminded me a lot of Dennis Lehane's books: clever, suspenseful, fast-paced, cause-worthy.
Cal O'Connor is a protagonist you can get behind, someone you want to root for. I like it that he doesn't come across as the pristine hero but someone who demonstrates he's a good person despite his flaws. I suspect that as the series unfolds, we will only grow to connect with this character more and more. He's complicated but in a positive, thought-provoking way.
The writing is smooth. You can keep pace easily and it doesn't jump around leaving you overly confused or disinterested. The storyline is compelling and so you find yourself caught up in the reading. I LOVE a book like that!