Penance

Holland Taylor, ex-homicide cop finds himself the suspect in the case of the death of John Brown, the man who killed his wife and daughter in a DUI car accident. Brown was killed just a few months after his release from prison after serving most of a four-year sentence, so naturally Taylor becomes a suspect.

He's sucked into the investigation by his former partner, Anne Scalesi, now a lieutenant in the St. Paul Homicide unit and he’s thrown into the midst of the campaign of C.C. Munro who might become the first female governor of Minnesota. As the dead bodies pile up and connections appear, Taylor has some serious navigating to do through the swamp.

It has cynicism, a nifty plot, and humor. Can’t ask for more than that.

P.S. He has show more a pet rabbit. named Ogilvy.

An excellent P.I. story. I will definitely read more. show less

Holland Taylor is a former St. Paul detective who is now a P.I.

A man who was serving time for a drunken driving homicide of someone in Taylor's family is released from jail and soon after is murdered.

Taylor is questioned and feels that if he can find the killer, he'll be free of police scrutiny.

Along the way he becomes involved in Minnesota politics and a woman running for the governor's office.

This is a fast action novel that was entertaining. I enjoyed Taylor but felt that the conclusion could have been stronger.