Bradley W. Wright

In book 2 of the Justin Vincent series, master thief Justin is struggling between settling down with his girlfriend, Gabrielle, and getting back into the action of retrieving stolen properties. Choosing the latter, he does a favor for his girlfriend’s father’s friend and then takes on a new case to retrieve a music composer’s stolen notes. From there, he winds up in the middle of a century-long music theory conspiracy, which turns deadly.
I haven’t read the first book in the series, but I followed along with this one pretty well. I also don’t normally read mysteries (romance fan, here!), but I found this book intriguing with an awesome, realistic male lead and interesting secondary characters. Justin’s partner, Ashna, in particular, is so tech-savvy and ballsy. I really liked her.
There are lots of detailed descriptions, and I could easily visualize the exotic and even the mundane places Justin visited, the people he met, and the things he saw. I loved his gadgets and all his “tools of the trade.” Mr. Wright must have done an incredible amount of research into computers, hacking, art theft, and more for this book. Kudos to him for his diligence.
Despite that, I did have to re-read two sections. In both cases, a few characters were having sex, but I had no idea they were doing so. The references were just so light that they went right over my head.
Anyway, this story seems to lead into the third installment in the series, but all questions regarding this book were answered. I enjoyed it and would like to read more from Mr. Wright.
4.5 Stars
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