Wolverine Bros. Freight & Storage: A Conway Sax Mystery
Conway Sax is back and is as hardheaded as ever. A recovering drug addict and alcoholic, Sax is a member of the Barnburners, an Alcohol Anonymous splinter group. When one of the members, 82-year-old Eudora Spoon, asks Sax to bring her son Kenny home so she can see him one last time before cancer takes her, he agrees and heads out to find the washed-up TV star. Sax gets him home but has some Mexican drug lords hot on his trail. Eudora’s other son, Harmon, is the local police chief, and sibling rivalry rears its head. Complicating matters further, Sax hooks up with Tricia, Harmon’s estranged wife. Amazingly, as gritty and violent as Sax is, he is also endearing, a difficult feat to pull off, but Ulfelder makes it work. Lots of action and violence, along with a dash of humor, are the hallmarks of this series, and this latest entry does not disappoint. The twists and turns run wildly through this story, right up to the surprising ending. Recommend this one to fans of Elmore Leonard. --Stacy Alesi