Blackout

I knew David Rosenfelt couldn't resist putting a dog into his stand alone thriller, Blackout (#568)!  It's three quarters of the way through this page-turner before the dog (a golden retriever, of course!) makes its brief but significant appearance.


Doug Brock, a New Jersey State Trooper, has been shot twice and landed on his head in a fall from a balcony.  He'll recover from those gunshot wounds okay; his memory - not so much.  He's been told that he was following an investigation on his own that got him suspended from the police force, but it must have been important if his poking around provoked an attack.  The problem is, Doug doesn't have a clue what that could have been.  His partner Nate and an attractive cybercrime unit cop, Jessie, try to help Doug, but he apparently didn't tell them anything before he was shot, either.  Can Doug put together enough fragments to find out what leads he was following before his attackers try again?


It's a fast read with Doug acting blindly, blundering through his own life not knowing where the emotional land mines are.  That's half the fun of this book.  David Rosenfelt never disappoints.  Blackout is a perfect hammock read!