Synopses & Reviews
The triple-crown winner of mysterys most prestigious awards–the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus–Rick Riordan blasted onto the crime scene with one of its freshest and most intriguing protagonists, Tres Navarre. In
Mission Road, Navarre returns in a wrenching crime drama in which he must revisit the sins of the past to catch a killer about to get away with murder…again.
San Antonio private investigator Tres Navarre is used to working on the edge–that razor-sharp line between legal and life sentence. But this time hes stepped straight into a no-mans-land. When an old friend appears at his door spattered with blood and wanted for attempted homicide, Tres doesnt have to think twice about where his loyalty lies–or the consequences.
Ralph Arguello is a criminal who put the street life behind him when he married SAPD detective Ana DeLeon. Now Anas been gunned down and her fellow cops dont need to look far to find a prime suspect. For Ana recently reopened the most infamous cold case in SAPD history–the unsolved murder on notorious Mission Road eighteen years before that threw the San Antonio underworld into bloody chaos. Ana was about to bring charges against the suspected killer: her husband, Ralph Arguello.Tres is sure that Ralph didnt do it–and that he didnt shoot his wife. But with the police and the Mafia both out for revenge, theres no one to turn to for help.
Now, armed and dangerous, the targets of a citywide manhunt, Tres and Ralph have just hours to
discover what really happened on Mission Road almost two decades ago. To find the truth, they must set a collision course with the past–and with a secret that will tear their lives apart.
Synopsis
When homicide detective Ana DeLeon is shot, her husband, reformed criminal Ralph Arguello, becomes the prime suspect. With the full force of the San Antonio police department on his trail, Ralph must turn fugitive to find the real gunman and clear his name--and his first stop is his pal Tres Navarre. With the help of Maia Lee and an old rival, mob boss Guy White, Tres must walk a tightrope of violence, lies, loyalty, and revenge to save a friend--and in doing so will open the doors on a thirty-year-old crime that has already destroyed one woman but may save another.
About the Author
Rick Riordan is the author of six previous Tres Navarre novelsBig Red Tequila, winner of the Shamus and Anthony Awards; The Widowers Two-Step, winner of the Edgar Award; The Last King of Texas; The Devil Went Down to Austin; Southtown; and Mission Road. He is also the author of the acclaimed thriller Cold Springs and the young adult novel The Lightning Thief. Rick Riordan lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.
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