Review: A great introduction to Joe Costa
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
I read the other two Joe Costa books before I found this first one.  It really didn't matter.  I was already "hooked" on Joe and loved finding out about his early career defending mobsters.  Despite his new job selling real estate, it seems that his knowledge of law is what clients are interested in.  I liked how the book starts with a couple coming in to his real estate office and telling him that what they really need is his legal help.  In providing his help, it becomes obvious that he's really not selling much real estate and is making his boss very unhappy.  Joe is going to have to go back to being a lawyer, but will it be for the mob or not?There are several levels of crimes here, but in the end they are all interconnected.  Joe manages to resolve everything (and even sells a house in the process!) but quits his job and returns to L.A. for one (hopefully last) job for the mob.  Since I've read successive novels, I know that the L.A. job is his last mobster one, but he doesn't forget how the bad guys work.  He uses his mob experience to help solve his cases in each of the books in the series.Joe Costa is a combination of a great detective and a very smart lawyer.  I hope there are more books in which he stars.  A really great read.