Previous book here. I am happy to report that this one is now out in ebook, so I could read it a whole lot faster.
The pandemic screwed over Tony Valdez's career, like many others. His potential job working for the police went away, and now he's stuck working at hospitals, and thanks to a new law, he spends his day explaining over and over again how shooting someone in their current health condition won't actually save them.
Then his sorta-friend-sorta-work-colleague Mason comes into the ER, about to die from injuries he suffered after throwing himself out of a car, which Mason says was his best option at the time. Mason says that nowhere he could go if shot will be safe, Tony suggests his condo, and after Mason is put out of his misery, he leaves Tony with a weird object and some cryptic remarks.
Turns out Mason's involved with crypto (God help ya, crypto) and several billionaires, one of whom recently killed himself and left his access to his stash behind. All of those billionaires would like Mason's crypto-wallet, which he left with Tony (and Tony amusingly hides in a safe place away from himself), and others' safety isn't the biggest concern.
Overall, I enjoyed it, even if anything involving crypto makes me roll my eyes (and I did get a laugh out of Tony's reaction to it at the end) and is inherently confusing to well, most of us. God knows I'm not a money person, but I think the author did the best he could to explain this whole concept. I enjoy Tony and Langdon together and how Tony navigates around shady people. I still think we could use more of Tony having an inner life (we find out he's divorced here, and that's it).
I'm probably a little less into this one because of crypto, but otherwise it was good. Three and a half stars.
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