The Lost Coast

I just finished reading The Lost Coast, the latest Clay Edison thriller by father and son team Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman. Years ago, I read a couple of books in the Alex Delaware series, written by the senior Kellerman, but never heard of his Clay Edison novels before seeing one in the new book section at the Blake Library in Stuart, Florida. It turns out it is the fifth book in the series, and it is actually quite good. It features Clay Edison, a former Bay Area deputy coroner turned private eye, who is hired by a man named Chris Villareal to investigate a series of mysterious payments, totaling close to $50,000, made by his grandmother that he discovered while executing her will. The investigation soon reveals a real estate scam involving the sale of properties located in what is called The Lost Coast, a very remote area on the North Coast of California. Finding several other victims of this fraud, Edison decides to drive up to the town, and finds that something far more sinister is going on there, too. I really enjoyed this book, and plan on going back and reading the first four books in the series. You should too.