Doomed Legacy

Private investigator Rick Cahill is fighting a war on multiple fronts: his CTE, the result of repeated head injuries, is advancing, threatening both his physical capability and his family's financial stability. When Sara Ansari, a business contact, is murdered in a way the police attribute to a serial rapist, Cahill's instincts tell him the official theory is wrong. His investigation draws him into conflict with a sinister private security firm and a shell corporation protecting secrets that cost Sara her life, and the price of finding the truth may be everything he has left to give. Matt Coyle's ninth Rick Cahill novel confronts its protagonist with mortality alongside murder.

Michael Rose narrates with the controlled gravitas that Cahill's physical and psychological situation demands, giving the character's determination a weight grounded in genuine limitation. His voice captures the San Diego atmosphere specific to the series, and the procedural investigation's tension is handled with the craft of a narrator who understands how to build dread slowly. At just under eight hours, Doomed Legacy is a serious and affecting thriller.