David Baldacci clearly never rests, and has a great work ethic, as this is another book that he has written and published in a month. This time with the established Amos Decker series which is always a winner. Decker is on a forced vacation and he has tagged along with his FBI partner Alex Jamison visiting her family in Baronville, Pennsylvania. Baronville has seen far better times, but since the closure of the mines and the mills, many are unemployed, more are on drugs, racing to death’s door. Sat on the back porch his highly tuned antennae hears and sees something that is unusual on the house at the rear. He jumps over the fence and kicks the door down, then discovers a man hanging, and when clearing the house finds another dead in the cellar. One of the men is dressed in a police uniform, but does not look an officer. When both dead guys finger prints come back as DEA officers, he knows they will be arriving like the cavalry riding into town. Decker soon learns from the DEA that the dead officers may have been on the take, but things are not stacking up. As he and his partner work the case, they discover that Baronville is a hot bed of heroin and fentanyl smuggling. Working with the local police department and the DEA, Decker and Jamison work the case, they discover there is a deep and sinister heart that is destroying Baronville. It becomes a case of not knowing who they can trust, especially when they are targeted themselves, as someone attempts to murder them twice. When Jamison’s family are kidnaped do all the pieces fall into place for Decker to solve the crimes and multiple murders, while being a hero to a young girl. This is once again an impossible thriller to put down, that casts a spell over you all the way to the end.

Do you like Reacher?.....then you will love Decker.........and only four books to read/catch up on.