Courage Resurrected: A Ray Courage Mystery (Ray Courage Mystery Series)
Courage Resurrected: A Ray Courage Mystery (Ray Courage Mystery Series) book cover

Courage Resurrected: A Ray Courage Mystery (Ray Courage Mystery Series)

Paperback – April 1, 2015

Price
$8.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
216
Publisher
Big Hound Publishing
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0692415375
Dimensions
6 x 0.54 x 9 inches
Weight
11.5 ounces

Description

"Mackey's characters are well-developed and multi-dimensional, and his plot moves at a breakneck pace. Courage Resurrected is a compelling and highly entertaining story filled with mobsters, gang members, and a host of other personalities, that also has an inspired mix of action, strategy, and humor. It's most highly recommended."-Readers' Favorite"Courage Resurrected is a top-ten finalist for best mystery of 2015"- Independent Authors Network"Fans of mystery fiction and thriller genres will find a new favorite author in R. Scott Mackey."- Readers Favorite Book Reviews Scott Mackey lives in Northern California, where he writes both fiction and non-fiction. His first book, Barbary Baseball, achieved critical acclaim from baseball historians for its quality research and writing. He followed that with two young adult novels. Courage Resurrected is the third of five books in the Ray Courage Mystery Series, which includes Courage Begins (a novella), Courage Matters, Courage Resurrected, Courage Stolen and Courage Lost. All of the Ray Courage books can be read in any order as standalone novels.Follow him:Twitter: smackey17Facebook: Facebook.com/rscottmackey Web: rscottmackey.com

Features & Highlights

  • Ray Courage’s wife Pam died thirteen years before in a car accident. Or did she? Ray’s world is turned upside down when he receives a series of e-mails from someone claiming to be his dead wife, accusing him of attempting to kill her and vowing revenge. Ray sets out to find the identity of the e-mailer only to discover the circumstances of his wife’s apparent death appear to be all but accidental. Soon Police Detective Carla Thurber comes to suspect Ray of killing his wife, and of a subsequent murder of Pam’s confidant. Meanwhile, a murderous predator who does not want the facts of Pam’s death to surface aims to stop Ray. In the greatest challenge of his life, Ray must outrun the police and elude those who are out to kill him as he seeks the truth about his wife’s death.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Intense, Fast-Paced Mystery Thriller

Just as in the two other Ray Courage books, Courage Resurrected surprises with plenty of plot twists that keep you guessing and turning pages. The novel begins with a prologue that begins 13 years before, when Ray’s wife is “killed” in a car accident. The narrative then jumps forward to the present time with Ray receiving e-mails from his supposedly dead wife accusing him of trying to kill her. The e-mails set in motion a frightening chain of events as Ray must elude the police and a horde of sociopaths motivated by greed and revenge.

Unlike the previous two books, Courage Resurrected deviates from a solely first-person narrative, mixing in several viewpoint characters along with Ray’s first-person account of events. The technique allows the reader to anticipate the dangers the protagonist will encounter even as he does not.

While the plot alone makes the book highly recommended, I also found the characters and writing quality to be much higher than even the bestselling books in the mystery genre.