This is a very good police procedural set in the OC in California. Lew Gale is a 43-year-old detective, half Hispanic and half Indigenous Acjacheme, who is assigned a new partner, Daniela, and a very high-profile murder case. How does a billionaire developer get shot while photographing a rare owl by a bartender-bum at night in a state park? They track down every lead and conclude it had to be a job for hire. The question then becomes who benefits from the man’s death. Only by stumbling upon a construction site late one night do they finally understand the issues at stake and solve the case.
This is compelling because of the character development of the two detectives. Daniela struggles to raise an 18-year-old boy while lying to him his entire life about who his dad is. Lew copes with the consequences of injuries in Afghanistan, and most importantly, is the character who speaks at length about his tribe and its centuries-old struggles against Spanish, Mexican, and American oppression.
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