"A New Year's Eve celebration begins with the pop of a champagne cork--and ends with the bone-chilling screams of a killer's victims. Ten-year-old Ben Brook is the lone survivor of the brutal murder of his wealthy family at their upstate New York compound. But from the moment he evades death, Ben's life is in constant danger. Can NYPD detective Buddy Lock keep the boy safe from a killer intent on wiping out the entire Brook clan? When two more massacres decimate the Brooks' ranks, Buddy's hunt narrows. But his challenges ...
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"A New Year's Eve celebration begins with the pop of a champagne cork--and ends with the bone-chilling screams of a killer's victims. Ten-year-old Ben Brook is the lone survivor of the brutal murder of his wealthy family at their upstate New York compound. But from the moment he evades death, Ben's life is in constant danger. Can NYPD detective Buddy Lock keep the boy safe from a killer intent on wiping out the entire Brook clan? When two more massacres decimate the Brooks' ranks, Buddy's hunt narrows. But his challenges grow as power, money, and secret crimes from the family's past stand in the way. With Ben more and more at risk, Buddy steps closer to the edge, forcing a relentless killer to become more brazen, brutal, and cunning. Saving the boy will put all of Buddy's skills to the test... and risk the lives of everyone he loves"--Page 4 of cover.
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A solid and engaging crime debut.
Troubled NYPD detective Buddy Lock is obsessive about his police work. He's driven and a stickler for detail. It's what makes him a good cop.
He is a fine addition to the pantheon of fictional investigators.
Ten-year-old Ben Brook's family is savagely murdered on New Year's Eve while celebrating the holidays at their compound in upstate New York.
Ben manages to escape.
I want to stop here and say that Ben is a wonderfully-drawn character. Shy, smart, vulnerable and resourceful. I really liked him.
Buddy is asked by a family friend to take a look at the crime scene even though he has no jurisdiction in the Adirondacks. His beat is New York City.
When the wife of Ben's guardian in the city gets hatchet-ed to death, Buddy is officially on the case as lead detective.
As Ben's billionaire uncles and their families start to get viciously slaughtered, Buddy looks for connections. Is it a family member angered over recent business decisions?
Is it an outsider with some kind of grudge?
Buddy thinks it has something to do with the priceless paintings that are in the Brook's possession.
They were bought by their grandfather in Nazi Germany from Jews, under duress, that were being sent to Auschwitz.
Is having a 70-plus year grudge for something connected to the worst crimes in human history out of the question?
As the bodies pile up, it's a race against time as Buddy must solve the crimes and protect the ones he holds dear.
The reveal of the killer will drop your jaw to the floor!
This book is brutal at times and occasionally graphic....it's good.
I'm looking forward to reading "The Holdouts" (Buddy Lock #2).