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Cold Pursuit
California Homicide Detective Tom McMichael has every good reason to pass on the investigation of slain city patriarch Pete Braga. After all, it was former mayor and self-made millionaire Braga who killed Tom's grandfather in a dispute over money -- and Tom's own father who, allegedly, sought revenge by savagely beating Braga's son into imbecility. But there are others who hated the old man as well. And McMichael is a good cop determined to perform his duty to the best of his abilities -- despite his growing feelings for the beautiful nurse who is the prime suspect in the brutal bludgeoning death ... and despite a twisting trail that is leading him into deadly, dark, and very private places where he dearly wishes not to go.
414 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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T. Jefferson Parker
100 books853 followersT. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of 26 crime novels, including Edgar Award-winners SILENT JOE and CALIFORNIA GIRL. Parker's next work is coming-of-age thriller, A THOUSAND STEPS, set for January of 2022. He lives with his family in a small town in north San Diego County, and enjoys fishing, hiking and beachcombing.
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February 21, 2014
Although Cold Pursuit didn’t entirely convince me content wise, I remain a huge fan of Jefferson Parker. I’ve read four his books so far and he’s fast becoming another favorite of mine. I love detective stories with the emphasis on enigmatic and moody characters; in this case Tom McMichael is great (not too moody...). Loved those moments of self-reflection. And above all, I have a weak spot for great police procedurals.
Here, in Cold Pursuit, millionaire Pete Braga has been found bludgeoned to death in his San Diego mansion. San Diego Homicide detective Tom McMichael is on the case. Too conveniently and too quickly evidence points in the direction of young nurse Sally Rainwater as a suspect. Furthermore the Irish McMichaels and the Portuguese Bragas share a violent history – fifty years ago Braga shot McMichael’s grandfather dead, then McMichael’s father (a teenager himself then) was accused of an attack that left Braga’s thirteen-year-old son brain-damaged.
As I said, I didn’t entirely warm up to the plot. Maybe it was a bit over-plotted? Maybe because there was so much history of San Diego and its port and the world of fishery which was totally unfamiliar to me?
I can’t put my finger on it. This case was complicated and there were actually two distinct crimes going on: One the murder of Pete Braga and, second, the traffic of freshly harvested kidneys over the Mexican border. For sure, Tom McMichael and his colleagues had a very hard time putting the pieces together, or rather separating the pieces. Truth be told, it felt rather realistic this slow pace of investigating. Real life is indeed much more complicated, confusing and messy than we normally read in novels.
Here, in Cold Pursuit, millionaire Pete Braga has been found bludgeoned to death in his San Diego mansion. San Diego Homicide detective Tom McMichael is on the case. Too conveniently and too quickly evidence points in the direction of young nurse Sally Rainwater as a suspect. Furthermore the Irish McMichaels and the Portuguese Bragas share a violent history – fifty years ago Braga shot McMichael’s grandfather dead, then McMichael’s father (a teenager himself then) was accused of an attack that left Braga’s thirteen-year-old son brain-damaged.
As I said, I didn’t entirely warm up to the plot. Maybe it was a bit over-plotted? Maybe because there was so much history of San Diego and its port and the world of fishery which was totally unfamiliar to me?
I can’t put my finger on it. This case was complicated and there were actually two distinct crimes going on: One the murder of Pete Braga and, second, the traffic of freshly harvested kidneys over the Mexican border. For sure, Tom McMichael and his colleagues had a very hard time putting the pieces together, or rather separating the pieces. Truth be told, it felt rather realistic this slow pace of investigating. Real life is indeed much more complicated, confusing and messy than we normally read in novels.
October 14, 2018
3.5 stars. Millionaire Pete Braga is clubbed to death in his mansion. Cop Tom McMichael gets the case. Their families have history -- a violent history. Pete's nurse is a likely suspect. He has been gifting her several expensive items in his house. However, he's a hard man who has stepped on a few toes in business so the list of people who don't like him is long. McMichael is determined to find his killer but makes his first mistake by being attracted to the nurse.
T. Jefferson Parker writes good and intricate crime novels. The book was slow in the middle but the pace picked up toward the end. Parker is one of those authors that I would like to go back and read or re-read all of his novels from book one forward. Oh, for a little more time every day.....
T. Jefferson Parker writes good and intricate crime novels. The book was slow in the middle but the pace picked up toward the end. Parker is one of those authors that I would like to go back and read or re-read all of his novels from book one forward. Oh, for a little more time every day.....
January 25, 2021
"That night the wind came hard off the Pacific, an El Niño event that would blow three inches of rain onto the roofs of San Diego. It was the first big storm of the season, early January and overdue. Palm fronds lifted with a plastic hiss [...]"
It's a cheap trick to use the first sentence of a novel for the epigraph, but it so happens that when I am writing this in late January the first storm of the season is blowing over half of inch of rain onto the roofs of my home town, San Diego. The novel begins when homicide detective Tommy McMichael has just received a phone call from his lieutenant that Pete Braga has been bludgeoned to death in his estate on the bay side of Point Loma. Mr. Braga had been a longtime fixture on the San Diego scene: a tuna fleet captain in the 1970s, then a Mercury dealer, then the mayor, the port commissioner, and one of the most famous San Diego city boosters. There happens to be a lot of dramatic history between the victim and Det. McMichael's family. In 1952, Mr. Braga had shot McMichael's grandfather, ostensibly in self-defense; he was not charged with the killing.
Cold Pursuit (2003) is yet another novel by T. Jefferson Parker, that brings the works of Ross Macdonald, the quintessential California mystery writer, to the reader's mind. As in Macdonald's novels, the plot is composed of entangled threads of past and present; the main difference seems to be that Mr. Parker tends to be more explicit about the connections. In both authors' works the past and the present threads of the plot usually display an elegant symmetry.
The victim's young and attractive nurse is the first suspect and the author offers the reader quite a subtle beginning of a romantic thread in the novel. Alas, a love scene later in the plot is written at the level much below the author's usual mastery of prose. On the other hand, I love the beginning of the ninth chapter:
Unfortunately, as it very often happens with mystery/crime novels, even the ones written by a very good author like Mr. Parker, the ending is the weakest part. While the Tijuana bit is well written and interesting, we also have a cliché shootout and a cliché chase. One of the local sightseeing attractions is featured towards the end of the plot. No four-star rating even if this is a very good novel, well written, absorbing, and hugely realistic except for a few bits.
Three-and-a-half stars.
It's a cheap trick to use the first sentence of a novel for the epigraph, but it so happens that when I am writing this in late January the first storm of the season is blowing over half of inch of rain onto the roofs of my home town, San Diego. The novel begins when homicide detective Tommy McMichael has just received a phone call from his lieutenant that Pete Braga has been bludgeoned to death in his estate on the bay side of Point Loma. Mr. Braga had been a longtime fixture on the San Diego scene: a tuna fleet captain in the 1970s, then a Mercury dealer, then the mayor, the port commissioner, and one of the most famous San Diego city boosters. There happens to be a lot of dramatic history between the victim and Det. McMichael's family. In 1952, Mr. Braga had shot McMichael's grandfather, ostensibly in self-defense; he was not charged with the killing.
Cold Pursuit (2003) is yet another novel by T. Jefferson Parker, that brings the works of Ross Macdonald, the quintessential California mystery writer, to the reader's mind. As in Macdonald's novels, the plot is composed of entangled threads of past and present; the main difference seems to be that Mr. Parker tends to be more explicit about the connections. In both authors' works the past and the present threads of the plot usually display an elegant symmetry.
The victim's young and attractive nurse is the first suspect and the author offers the reader quite a subtle beginning of a romantic thread in the novel. Alas, a love scene later in the plot is written at the level much below the author's usual mastery of prose. On the other hand, I love the beginning of the ninth chapter:
"'Psittacidae,' said Dr. Robert Eilerts, chief ornithologist for the San Diego ZOO."As usual in Mr. Parker's novels the complex plot abounds with political and business connections. To me, this is the main strength of this novel and most other works by the author. Mr. Parker, an ex-journalist, is very good at understanding and depicting the mechanisms of city and business politics. Accounts of the Port Commission's personnel politics, exposition of various issues related to planning the new airport and cargo terminal for San Diego and construction of an inland railroad through Imperial Valley provide fascinating reading. The presentation is so plausible that I had the feeling I was reading the metro and business pages of the San Diego Union Tribune, the main local paper.
Unfortunately, as it very often happens with mystery/crime novels, even the ones written by a very good author like Mr. Parker, the ending is the weakest part. While the Tijuana bit is well written and interesting, we also have a cliché shootout and a cliché chase. One of the local sightseeing attractions is featured towards the end of the plot. No four-star rating even if this is a very good novel, well written, absorbing, and hugely realistic except for a few bits.
Three-and-a-half stars.
March 29, 2011
I really like T. Jefferson Parker and this was a really good mystery. My only problem was the repeatedly foolish acts of the protagonist. But my guess is, it would make a really good screenplay.
November 23, 2020
A pretty decent detective mystery that is certainly more noir than procedural. I'm amazed sometimes by how much the world has changed in the last decade or two. This is from 2001 and his newer books (at least the Roland Ford series I like) don't have the same tone with regards to sexism and homophobia.
On the latter, this book has a particularly nasty paragraph where child molesters are lumped in with "aggressive homosexuals" at the local jail--I have no fucking clue what an "aggressive homosexual" is but I'm pretty sure Parker is pedaling fucked up bigotry straight from the anti-gay playbook here.
On the latter, this book has a particularly nasty paragraph where child molesters are lumped in with "aggressive homosexuals" at the local jail--I have no fucking clue what an "aggressive homosexual" is but I'm pretty sure Parker is pedaling fucked up bigotry straight from the anti-gay playbook here.
April 13, 2022
First book I read by Jefferson & I'm definitely gonna read more by him.
January 7, 2018
A good mystery with two crimes to be solved. Although the plot and characters are interesting, the plot gets bogged down with a lot of unnecessary details.
February 5, 2015
BLOOD FEUD
T. Jefferson Parker is an author who doesn't get the readership or critical praise I think he deserves. His books are crime procedurals/mysteries set in Southern California, with well-developed three dimensional characters all wrapped in the tangled webs of honor, duty and allegiances to the past. The author's books are denser than others of this genre and aren't one pulse raising scene after another - maybe that's what keeps some readers away.
Cold Pursuit is in this mold and delivers. San Diego Homicide Detective Tom McMichael is tasked to solve the murder of Pete Braga, an 84 year old prominent city patriarch. The first twist - the McMichael and Braga families have been involved in a two generation modern day blood feud. To complicate matters Detective McMichael falls for the prime suspect in the case. And to raise the tension level one more notch McMichael is embroiled with Internal Affairs. A partner from his days on the Vice squad is behind bars facing corruption charges and IA is taking a serious look at McMichael.
If this sounds messy, it is. But in this author's hands the story and the sub-plots all flow together smoothly and credibly. All the loose ends and secondary characters are tied together in the end with the mysyery(s) solved and our hero staying true to his principles.
Highly recommended.
T. Jefferson Parker is an author who doesn't get the readership or critical praise I think he deserves. His books are crime procedurals/mysteries set in Southern California, with well-developed three dimensional characters all wrapped in the tangled webs of honor, duty and allegiances to the past. The author's books are denser than others of this genre and aren't one pulse raising scene after another - maybe that's what keeps some readers away.
Cold Pursuit is in this mold and delivers. San Diego Homicide Detective Tom McMichael is tasked to solve the murder of Pete Braga, an 84 year old prominent city patriarch. The first twist - the McMichael and Braga families have been involved in a two generation modern day blood feud. To complicate matters Detective McMichael falls for the prime suspect in the case. And to raise the tension level one more notch McMichael is embroiled with Internal Affairs. A partner from his days on the Vice squad is behind bars facing corruption charges and IA is taking a serious look at McMichael.
If this sounds messy, it is. But in this author's hands the story and the sub-plots all flow together smoothly and credibly. All the loose ends and secondary characters are tied together in the end with the mysyery(s) solved and our hero staying true to his principles.
Highly recommended.
January 26, 2014
T. Jefferson Parker (and Thomas Perry) occupy the same tier as Michael Connelly, though Connelly's mastery is somewhat more reliable. Parker's novels The Blue Hour, Red Light, Silent Joe, and Black Water preceded this one, and California Girl and The Fallen followed it. That productive period (1999-2006) tapped a vein of fine, steadily readable narrative, engaging detective work, always with a personal jagged edge and a tendency toward emotional flaws of the kind that bring shame to the cop. Frequently the flaw is irresistible sex with an irresistible suspect, not a surprise and completely forgivable in my view. Appearances of guilt, innocence, corruption, and greed shift and expand throughout the narrative, keeping truth in play throughout the whole. Though their moral territories are similar, the setting is south of Harry Bosch, and even south of Ross MacDonald: San Diego, where the border is both criminally alluring and so convenient. The novel made me want to go back there, become a detective and solve crimes, but I think that boat has left the dock. So many have, alas. Makes a novel like this one a gift to savor.
November 18, 2016
As a good suspense/criminal investigation novel should, it keeps you reading with cliff hangers. The line up of evidence keeps you guessing as you try and reason/solve the case yourself. I have my
doubts the police would place an officer so emotionally involved in a case as the lead of the investigation. The ending is also a little unbelievably super-human, and "has to" follow the action movie script and end with a chase scene (a little played out). That being said, I'm sure "real" police are not robots and deal with human emotions and fight human nature to stay unbiased and this story touches on that often. I would read other works from Mr. Parker.
doubts the police would place an officer so emotionally involved in a case as the lead of the investigation. The ending is also a little unbelievably super-human, and "has to" follow the action movie script and end with a chase scene (a little played out). That being said, I'm sure "real" police are not robots and deal with human emotions and fight human nature to stay unbiased and this story touches on that often. I would read other works from Mr. Parker.
June 2, 2018
Mr. Parker’s writing really appeals to me. His plots are good and complex enough to keep you guessing. As usual with favourite authors, I guess I’ll run out of his books pretty soon too.
July 24, 2019
Parker strings together a neat police procedural that includes some well integrated personal interaction between characters.
In 1952, Pete Braga, (then a tuna fish boat captain) killed McMichael's grandfather. Shot him to death. Claimed self-defense, but the McMichael family didn't accept it. Sometime later, Victor Braga, Pete's beloved son is beaten severely, leaving him with the mental capacity of a ten year old. Everyone suspects McMichael's father, who insists on his innocence. Then, Pete is found bludgeoned to death in his home and the first suspect is the nurse/companion who cares for him..
McMichael quickly falls for the nurse, leading to some serious complications in the investigation as well as ethical questions for his position with the department.
The investigation is full of some wonderful twists and turns, but the reader shouldn't get too wrapped up in them. The obvious suspect, (to me) turns out to be the killer, but not before the reader is offered a number of leads that could pan out. Some of those leads actually have genuine bearing on the identity of the murderer and several conspiracies are brought into play.
Parker explores the relationships between McMichael, his ex-wife, his son, his father, and the nurse with precision. The relationship with his son is marred terribly by the divorce. Pete's grandaughter is an ex-girlfriend and there is a TON of baggage that goes with that relationship. McMichael considers rekindling that relationship, but realizes that it is more than the complex family history keeping them apart. Parker creates a nice balance of tension and indecision on both of their parts-- demonstrating that they are attracted and the memory of what they had still draws them toward each other.
The story becomes a roller coaster of emotion and conspiracies and Parker never lets the coaster ride stop until the juicy end.
In 1952, Pete Braga, (then a tuna fish boat captain) killed McMichael's grandfather. Shot him to death. Claimed self-defense, but the McMichael family didn't accept it. Sometime later, Victor Braga, Pete's beloved son is beaten severely, leaving him with the mental capacity of a ten year old. Everyone suspects McMichael's father, who insists on his innocence. Then, Pete is found bludgeoned to death in his home and the first suspect is the nurse/companion who cares for him..
McMichael quickly falls for the nurse, leading to some serious complications in the investigation as well as ethical questions for his position with the department.
The investigation is full of some wonderful twists and turns, but the reader shouldn't get too wrapped up in them. The obvious suspect, (to me) turns out to be the killer, but not before the reader is offered a number of leads that could pan out. Some of those leads actually have genuine bearing on the identity of the murderer and several conspiracies are brought into play.
Parker explores the relationships between McMichael, his ex-wife, his son, his father, and the nurse with precision. The relationship with his son is marred terribly by the divorce. Pete's grandaughter is an ex-girlfriend and there is a TON of baggage that goes with that relationship. McMichael considers rekindling that relationship, but realizes that it is more than the complex family history keeping them apart. Parker creates a nice balance of tension and indecision on both of their parts-- demonstrating that they are attracted and the memory of what they had still draws them toward each other.
The story becomes a roller coaster of emotion and conspiracies and Parker never lets the coaster ride stop until the juicy end.
December 10, 2023
Cold Pursuit by T. Jefferson Parker, set in contemporary San Diego, proves again he's a master of crime fiction. Homicide detective Tom McMichael has a challenging murder case. Wealthy, elderly business mogul Pete Braga was bludgeoned to death in his McMansion. He had created many enemies in his life. Sally, his recently hired caretaker, is a handy suspect. Tom and his detective partner Hector probe far and wide for all the evidence they can gather, and the case becomes complex. Starting as a single murder, it expands into an international smuggling case.
The case challenges Tom personally as well as professionally. His family has a violent history with the Braga family. Pete's daughter Patricia is an old flame from childhood. Against his better judgment (detective & suspect) Tom is attracted to Sally. Divorced, he sees his young son on weekends, loves him very much.
The San Diego setting is vividly described, will bring back memories for anyone who's been there. Winter rainstorms with rough seas and bracing ocean air, Gaslight District, Star of India, Coronado Bridge, the border crossing at Tijuana, Anza Borrego desert.
When all secrets are revealed, culprits apprehended (or dead) and Tom recovering from major injuries, he muses: "A truth can heal but a lie is an open sore, year after year, generation after generation."
The case challenges Tom personally as well as professionally. His family has a violent history with the Braga family. Pete's daughter Patricia is an old flame from childhood. Against his better judgment (detective & suspect) Tom is attracted to Sally. Divorced, he sees his young son on weekends, loves him very much.
The San Diego setting is vividly described, will bring back memories for anyone who's been there. Winter rainstorms with rough seas and bracing ocean air, Gaslight District, Star of India, Coronado Bridge, the border crossing at Tijuana, Anza Borrego desert.
When all secrets are revealed, culprits apprehended (or dead) and Tom recovering from major injuries, he muses: "A truth can heal but a lie is an open sore, year after year, generation after generation."
November 10, 2018
The McMichaels and the Bragas has been enemies for as long as one can remember. So the latest saga begin with the murder of Pete Braga the 83 year old patriarch of the Braga family. Pete has killed Franklin McMichael in the 50s when he worked on his Tuna boat which Pete claims in self defence. In retaliation, Gabriel McMichael beats Pete's son Victor to within an inch of his life in a back alley at the age of 13 which left Victor at 63 with a mentality of a ten year old.
Tom McMichael a homicide detective with SDPD was called upon to investigate the murder of Pete. With such a rich history between their family not to mention his romantic dalliances with Pete's granddaughter Patricia Braga in the past can seriously mess up with the investigation.
Sure enough, as leads was discovered and plots thicken, throwing in another plot of trans border smuggling of contraband with the involvement of bad cops, the mixture become volatile. Tom was involved romantically with the main suspect of the murder further push the plot to explosive proportion. The climax is a car chase scene on the Coronado bridge which ended with a plunge into the sea below. Read on. This is one of the author more explosive book. Unputdownable.
Tom McMichael a homicide detective with SDPD was called upon to investigate the murder of Pete. With such a rich history between their family not to mention his romantic dalliances with Pete's granddaughter Patricia Braga in the past can seriously mess up with the investigation.
Sure enough, as leads was discovered and plots thicken, throwing in another plot of trans border smuggling of contraband with the involvement of bad cops, the mixture become volatile. Tom was involved romantically with the main suspect of the murder further push the plot to explosive proportion. The climax is a car chase scene on the Coronado bridge which ended with a plunge into the sea below. Read on. This is one of the author more explosive book. Unputdownable.
May 30, 2020
This is the first T Jefferson Parker novel I've read, and I really enjoyed it.
It reads as more of a police procedural. Not usually my favourite style of mystery or crime novel, but in this instance I found it engaging. The mystery is top notch and keeps you guessing, and there are many tense moments that have you on the edge of your seat. There end up being two cases to solve in this novel, both have a link to the victim, but not always a direct link. The line between good and bad decisions often becomes blurred.
Our protagonist is a moody character who deals with a messy private life, as well as making a few bad choices along the way. Moodiness seems a common theme in police procedural novels, which gets a bit old at times, but it worked well here. I think because while he was moody, he was also hopeful and genuinely seemed to want the best of things for people.
I think at times heavy detail got in the way, especially during some of the investigative dialogue, but aside from that I thought this a cracking read.
Would definitely read another novel by this author.
It reads as more of a police procedural. Not usually my favourite style of mystery or crime novel, but in this instance I found it engaging. The mystery is top notch and keeps you guessing, and there are many tense moments that have you on the edge of your seat. There end up being two cases to solve in this novel, both have a link to the victim, but not always a direct link. The line between good and bad decisions often becomes blurred.
Our protagonist is a moody character who deals with a messy private life, as well as making a few bad choices along the way. Moodiness seems a common theme in police procedural novels, which gets a bit old at times, but it worked well here. I think because while he was moody, he was also hopeful and genuinely seemed to want the best of things for people.
I think at times heavy detail got in the way, especially during some of the investigative dialogue, but aside from that I thought this a cracking read.
Would definitely read another novel by this author.
September 22, 2022
Homicide detective, Tom McMichael is charged with investigating the brutal murder of 84 year old Pete Braga. Complicating the case is the fact that the McMichael and Braga families have a long standing feud, that includes violence on both sides. Parker does a wonderful job of introducing his characters to the reader without a lot of tedious details. I've read a few of Parker's novels and enjoy his writing style. He tells a good story and keeps the pace moving at a good pace. Tom McMichael is a fairly decent guy trying to do a good job under difficult circumstances. I was bothered by his relationship with Sally Rainwater during the investigation. It was unprofessional.
September 4, 2017
What can I say except Parker is as good as it gets borrowed from the Washington Post Book World. This book was non stop entertainment with nary a filler to be had...A page turner and the prose at times made me go back and read it one more time..In this story Detective Tom McMichael is sent to investigate a murder. Pete Braga is the victim. The man who years ago killed Tom's grandfather over money..
March 19, 2025
All I can say about this book is "Meh." It's not terrible, but it certainly isn't great. It's like a million other American cop mystery novels and there's nothing special or unique about it to make me recommend it. I bought it because BookBub was selling it for like 2 bucks and the plot summary sounded interesting. And it is largely plot driven with little character development, which is pretty much all that can be said about it.
September 18, 2025
I started to read this book and thought it was slow but maybe it get interesting. I promised my self I would read at least half of it. At about 30% of the way,I stopped and read another book. I came back to it and again intended to read at least half. I made it to about 41% and gave up. I have deleted it from my library. That may have been a mistake because I might forget to avoid other books by the same author.
June 8, 2020
Homicide Detective Tom McMichael investigates the murder of the patriarch of the family feuding with his family for decades. He falls in love with the nurse, one of the suspects, but solves the mystery, tracking clues into Mexico.
I never get as much out of audio books. I might like this better if I had read it.
I never get as much out of audio books. I might like this better if I had read it.
August 29, 2021
Excellent detective story with a bludgeoning death of an old man being assigned to the detective with the family history with the victim and the victim’s granddaughter. There is lots of human emotion and some really scary moments as our hero figures it out but is almost killed in the process. At least he has his own sexy nurse…..smile.
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May 21, 2022
Knocks it out of the park !
5 stars without hesitation. I have read many of Mr Parker's novels, and was sad to say goodbye to these characters. It's all here, action, suspense, intriguing plot twists with delicious misdirection. The prose was flawless .The ending a delightful surprise.
5 stars without hesitation. I have read many of Mr Parker's novels, and was sad to say goodbye to these characters. It's all here, action, suspense, intriguing plot twists with delicious misdirection. The prose was flawless .The ending a delightful surprise.
August 31, 2018
This book doesn't have a dry spot in it! The only bad part was trying to work out the different McMichaels (dad, son, sister, etc). But once I got that, it was really good. I happily admit that I didn't know who did it until the last few pages. Very good!
February 23, 2021
Read in one Sunday.
Propulsive thriller set in San Diego, the turf Mr. Parker knows so well. Enough plot twists to keep you going and a slam bang ending. I’d give it a 4&1/2, but can’t do that— why is that Amazon?
Propulsive thriller set in San Diego, the turf Mr. Parker knows so well. Enough plot twists to keep you going and a slam bang ending. I’d give it a 4&1/2, but can’t do that— why is that Amazon?
May 23, 2021
My 17th Parker book and in my humble opinion, the man can do no wrong. I love everything about his novels: the prose, the pace, the characters, the plots, the suspense. I won't be satisfied until I've read the rest of his books.
March 16, 2025
Death in Point Loma
Parker's books take place in San Diego and I love that about them. When a rich old man gets beaten to death and the obvious suspect is the nurse; is it a good idea for the lead detective to fall for her?
Parker's books take place in San Diego and I love that about them. When a rich old man gets beaten to death and the obvious suspect is the nurse; is it a good idea for the lead detective to fall for her?
August 1, 2025
Cold Pursuit by T. Jefferson Parker is an okay story. Unfortunately, it is an easily forgettable story. The McMichael character is interesting but the story line just didn't hold my interest as well as it should have.
April 9, 2018
Kept me interested so it was a quick read. A few little details that were out of the ordinary but still a bit predictible and the typical formula.
November 14, 2018
Good light read.
October 14, 2019
One of my 20 best mysteries read in 2003.
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