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Father Complex

Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand, Book 4

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Father Complex

By: Gregory Ashe
Narrated by: Tristan James
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Having a father can be hard. Being a good one might be even harder.

The call-out for the double homicide, when it comes, is a strange one: two men gunned down in a motel room, no witnesses, no real clues. Even stranger, the men were enemies, and no one seems to know why they were in that motel room together. And stranger still, people won’t stop calling John-Henry Somerset, telling him he needs to find some answers—preferably nice, easy ones—fast.

Hazard and Somers set out to learn what happened, but they quickly find themselves mired in shifting factions: the ultraconservative political machine of the Ozark Volunteers; a liberal activist group protesting the local gun show; a reclusive fundamentalist church; even a hint of Mexican drug cartels. The further they press their investigation, the clearer it becomes that the killer—or killers—wants something, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it.

As Hazard and Somers struggle to find the truth, they face trouble at home as well. Their foster-son, Colt, has received a letter from his estranged father, the same man who attacked Colt and Somers in their home. Worse, Colt seems open to more communication, which leaves Hazard grappling with his fears for Colt and his helplessness against a world that seems to be conspiring to take his foster-son away.

But when a pair of gunmen come after Hazard at home, two things are crystal-clear: He’s going to get to the bottom of these murders, and he’ll do anything to keep his family together.

©2022 Gregory Ashe (P)2022 Gregory Ashe
Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Stranger Hotel Fostering Suspense

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Too much unnecessary family drama!

Hazard and Somers investigate a double homicide in a motel involving two men from opposite sides the political divide—why were they in the same room together? As they question family and pro- and anti-gun groups, tensions rise and political pressure is placed on Somers. Meanwhile, Hazard‘s worst fears are confirmed when his adopted son, Colt, wants to visit his biological father in prison and Hazard’s attempts to exert control only drive bigger and bigger wedges between him and Colt.

I was pretty frustrated with this penultimate novel and I’ll be glad to finish the series. I found the case as messy and complicated as Hazard’s behaviours. I feel like we’ve explored daddy issues for the last five novels and no one ever learns from their mistakes—it seems to be drama for drama’s sake at this point. The multiple Hazard and Somers’ series have been emotionally hard novels and I can only guess that the inclusion of Shaw and North in the last two is to lighten the mood and lure us to start the Borealis Investigations series. It had the opposite effect for me, I found Shaw and North’s inane dialogue jarring and annoying and I’ll definitely not rush into their series although I already bought the first book. Voice artist Tristan James is great here, but he does drama better than comedy.

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