The Debt Collector

I had never read this particular author before but the back of the book got me interested. It's very different than what I am used too reading. It started out fast but the characters are well defined and I enjoyed the ending quite a bit. Definetly worth reading. I may even pick up one of her other novels.

This is an excellent book which was more psychological than her other books. I really liked Sonora and enjoyed her relationship with her fellow cop and the other people in the story. She gives just enough detail about her children not to bore; that's usually the stuff I skip over. I can't wait for Hightower's next book.

Other writers in the mystery/suspense community know how good Lynn Hightower is but now everyone else should start taking notice. Her prose is beautiful, poignant and even haunting. Sonora Blair is an excellent detective but she has flaws and fears like the rest of us. Lynn Hightower is one of the best. Read her other Sonora books too.

She has been a homicide detective for many years working many ugly cases yet she remains steady on her job due to her inner strength and abilities. Sonora Blair is also a single mother raising a teenage son and an adolescent daughter. Though she would do anything for them, she knows something is missing in her life that leads her to the edge of the abyss like none of her cases has ever done. She cannot eat or sleep and has no social life since her last relationship ended seven months ago.Ironically, her latest investigation wakes Sonora up to what is going on in her psyche. She and Sam (her partner) are investigating the butchery of a family in their home. The prevailing opinion among her peers is that two killers committed the brutal crimes. Sonora believes a third person was also there. That individual rescued the only survivor, a baby. As she and Sam make inquiries, Sonora meets a legendary retired cop, who sends her down a path that seems to wrap up the case. However, Sonora still has professional (and personal) doubts that the case is solved.THE DEBT COLLECTOR is a dark, disturbing, yet mesmerizing police procedural novel that illustrates the toll police work has on an officer's soul. Readers who prefer happy endings need to look elsewhere as this story line sticks to the blues till the end of the novel and beyond (an aftertaste lingers). The audience who relishes a gut wrenching reality check in their plots will owe a debt of gratitude to talented Shamus Award winner Lynn Hightower.Harriet Klausner

This is a tale of an horrific house break-in and a very gory murder of almost an entire family.It seems to have taken place for no apparent reason,and it takes a very feisty woman detective to sort it all out.Lynn Hightower sets a cracking pace and maintains your interest for the entire book.This is a very good ,fast read, with aspects of hidden agendas and enough psychological twists to keep you guessing up to the last.