A Reason To Live

What is this book about?

In the late nineties, a bad cop killed a good woman and DC Homicide detective Marty Singer watched the murderer walk out of the courtroom a free man. 

Twelve years later, the victim's daughter begs for help: the killer is stalking her now. But Marty has retired to battle cancer. A second shot at the killer--and a first chance at redemption--Marty has A Reason to Live.

My Thoughts....

This book was a typical mystery novel, other than the fact that the main character is a retired homicide detective and has cancer. Soon after Marty's retirement the daughter of a victim in one of his old cases comes to him for help. The story line had a lot of surprising twists, which was nice to see. I liked that it wasn't predictable from the beginning to the end. 

I liked that the author included Marty's doctor visits, the chemo treatments and made it realistic how these treatments affected his life. I haven't read any other book where the main character has colon cancer, it isn't talked about as much as it should be. The author did an excellent job of showing how a cancer diagnosis can happen to anyone and can totally change the direction of that person's life.

Back to the story now! I liked the characters, there was just enough information to make them real without overloading with unnecessary information. It was a well written story and a quick read. I enjoyed it and look forward to reading more in the series.

Want more?

For more information on the author and his other books visit this website: http://matthew-iden.com/. There are several other books in the Marty Singer series.