The Final Twist takes
place in San Francisco and begins just hours after the events of The Goodbye
Man (Colter Shaw #2). Colt (“Colt”) Shaw, the son of a survivalist family, is
an expert tracker and makes his living as a "reward seeker." He is a
restless soul who travels the country in his Winnebago helping the police solve
cases and private citizens locate missing persons.
Colt discovers a hidden letter
left for him by his deceased father, Ash.
In it Ash asks Colt to carry on his mission to bring down the corrupt BlackBridge
Corporate by finding the evidence hidden by the murdered would be
whistleblower, Amos Gahl. When Colt’s estranged brother Russell turns up and
helps Colt out of a difficult situation, they learn a family with the initials
SP is going to be terminated in 24 hours. The brothers now have two missions,
and one is a race against time.
The book is full of twists and reversals as the answers to the BlackBridge mystery steadily fall into place.
Deaver is meticulous in his references to the history of the San Francisco area.
The book also provides a great deal of background information on the
main characters all of which have a direct bearing on the people they have
become.
Character from earlier books reappear and there are references
to cases worked in the earlier novels. Although not necessary to read
the books in order, the background story of Colt’s family builds from book to
book. The Final Twist is the first Deaver book I have read.
Deaver is also the author of the
Lincoln Rhyme series. The first book of
the series, The Bone Collector, was the basis of the movie starring
Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie and the short-lived NBC series Lincoln
Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. The next Lincoln Rhyme’s book, A
Perfect Plan, is due out in September.
4.09 stars on Goodreads, 4.5 on Amazon
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