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Since my early teens, I have been an avid reader of book series in an eclectic range of genres, including mystery, thriller, detective, and adventure. When the 2019 pandemic hit, my reading schedule went into overdrive, focusing on authors ranging from Sandford, Connelly, and Baldacci to Randy Wayne White, C.J. Box, and Robert P. Parker. Cussler, Crichton, J. A. Jance, and Elmore Leanord also have designated spaces on my TBR bookshelves, both in print and e-Book formats.
But when a local author here in Hawaii publishes a book, I clear my calendar to read their latest novel, memoir, anthology, or book of poetry. When I received word that author Ray Pace on the Big Island had published a new sequel to his "Wise Guys You'll Love, If You Know What's Good For You" series, Cadillac Clem: A Cody Ross Enigma, I knew I was in for a treat. Ray knew it too - because his story unfolds in Chicago, a town where I once worked and chose as the setting of my first mystery novel.
For Cadillac Clem, it's 1960, the heat is on, and the Republican convention is gearing up for the coming election. Ike will attend, throwing his support behind his once-vice president for future president of the United States. And Private Eye Cody Ross, working on a missing person's case, is right in the middle of the ever-escalating action.
This may be my favorite novel in the series to date. Cadillac Clem is a well-told and entertaining detective story played out during the planning of the 1960's Republican Convention in Daley's Chicago. Sometimes, as you might agree with, it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys. And there is never a dull moment for P.I. Cody Ross and an entertaining cast of interesting characters.
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Cadillac Clem: A Cody Ross Enigma
by Ray Pace
Available at Amazon.com
