Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Emma Viskic, Echo Publishing, $29.99.
The award-winning Caleb Zelic series unfolds in this third installment. It’s been a lifetime of bad decisions for Zelic, and finally it’s time for the good to shine.
He’s a private investigator, is committed, works hard — and he’s deaf. Even though he’s in therapy, reconnecting with the deaf community, and reconciling with his beloved wife, he can’t escape his past.
A violent confrontation forces Caleb back into contact with his double-crossing partner, Frankie. That’s why it’s difficult to trust her. Then when Frankie’s sister is almost murdered, and her niece kidnapped, it’s time to put aside misgivings to try to save her before she is harmed.
They must work together to save the child’s life. Their efforts will risk everything, including their own lives. This mission won’t just test their friendship it will put everything they have at risk, including their own lives.
Caught between suspicion and a persistent fidelity to old friends, Zelic works his way into the heart of a deceitful criminal set-up, as the bodies pile up around him, equalising love, hostility and the fate of an innocent girl.
Zelic is easily steered to the boundaries of his ample abilities.
The award-winning author goes more than the extra mile to create this thriller. Viskic learned Australian sign language (Auslan) in order to create Caleb’s character.
She was formerly a classical clarinetist, whose musical career included performing with Spanish tenor José Carreras.
