This second novel in the “Sounds Like a Plan” series provides the same high-energy, pedal-to-the-metal narrative as the first book, while keeping the romance between our two detectives very much alive and humor very much in evidence. Jackson Jones and Mackenzie “Mac” Cunningham have barely set up their PI practice—most of their office is still in boxes—when they are summoned by three of Los Angeles’s leading gangsters. Seems like these mobsters have an urgent matter on their hands, and even though they are big-time rivals, they have come together to command Jackson and Mac to take up the case. Specifically, they want them to locate a missing person who is likely close to death. What has the gangsters so worried? The fact that this missing person has been gathering dirt on the three of them for decades, and it will all become public information once he dies. As much as Jackson and Mac would like to say a big No! to this career opportunity, they aren’t given that choice. With the clock ticking, these two detectives—who can’t even agree on how to decorate their office—reluctantly head out into LA’s ritziest neighborhoods with the LAPD right behind them. Fierce and fiery dialogue between the detectives helps to make this a winning series that offers crime fiction readers and adventurous romance readers much to enjoy.
