Book Review | The Corruptible by Mark Mynheir

Title:  The Corruptible: A Ray Quinn Mystery

Author: Mark Mynheir

Synopsis:  "Sardonic private detective Ray Quinn finds himself pulled into a dangerous case surrounding a dead ex-cop in this gritty whodunit.

"How much money would it take for you to betray the truth?"

Ex-homicide detective Ray Quinn never had glamorous thoughts of the life of a private investigator-but being cornered in a bathroom stall by the enraged philandering husband of a client? That's something he could live without. Retired from homicide and living with a painful disability, Ray's options are limited. Stick to the job, keep impetuous sidekick Crevis alive, and spend quiet evenings with trusted pal Jim Beam, that's about the best he can hope for.

As a new client emerges, Ray finds himself in an impossibly large boardroom holding a check with enough zeros to finally lift him from his financial pit. The job seems easy enough: find Logan Ramsey, an ex-cop turned security officer who's taken off with sensitive corporate information. But few things are easy in Ray's world, regardless of the amount of zeros in the check.

In what should be an open-and-shut case, Ray stumbles across Logan Ramsey in a seedy motel room. Only Ray wasn't the first to find him. Now Logan's dead, the client's information is nowhere to be found, and Ray's employer is less than forthcoming with the details. Suddenly the line between the good guys and bad guys isn't so clear. With a foot in both worlds and an illuminating look at an unhappy ending that could well be his own, which will Ray choose?"

My Review:

The main character was likable to me from the beginning.  In our home, we are big House fans and there was something about Ray Quinn that made me picture Hugh Laurie in this role.

When reading this novel, the first scene reeled me in and made me want to continue to reading.   

Author Bio: Mark Mynheir is the author of the Christy Award nominated The Night Watchman, the first Ray Quinn mystery.  Mark is a former Marine, who has worked undercover as a narcotics agent, as a SWAT team member, as a patrol officer and now investigates violent crimes as a detective with the Criminal Investigations Unit in central Florida, where he lives with his wife and three children.

Mark has parlayed his police experiences into a successful speaking and writing career. He has written articles for Focus on the Family's Breakaway magazine and Lookout magazine and is the also the author of four novels: Rolling Thunder, From the Belly of the Dragon, The Void, and the Christy nominated The Night Watchman (Ray Quinn Series, Book 1) . He and his family currently live in central Florida. You can visit Mark's website at www.copwriter.com or his Facebook account.

* I received a complimentary copy of this book from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group through Blogging for Books for this review, but I was not financially compensated.  All opinions are my own based upon my thoughts and observations during the reading of this book.

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