K Street: A Kay Hamilton Novel #3. M. A. Lawson. Penguin Publishing Group. January
2017. 304 pp. ISBN #: 9780399573842.
K
Street in Washington, D.C. is renowned as the home of lobbyists of special
corporations, business groups and companies representing special interest. Their job is to influence the course of
American policy through the Senate and House of Representatives. However, on the same street is one group that
carries out activities that the President wants done secretly, and so the group
exists with absolutely no connection to any member of government. The novel opens with a killing job that goes
awry. When it’s all over, two of the
attackers are dead as well as Callahan, the head of this secret group, landing
in the hospital in critical condition and another of his employees dead. Kay Hamilton had been going to meet with
Callahan to let him know she was quitting as his worker; instead she walked
into a barrage of bullets flying and dead bodies everywhere. Before he goes into a coma, he whispers a
letter to Kay, which immediately sets her in a specific direction to find the
thieves and murderers.
Kay
is determined to find out who is behind this attack. No spoilers here. Suffice to say that the people in charge of
this mayhem are just as determined not to be found. The question is twofold: should Callahan and
Hamilton be allowed to live or can they remain alive and harmless regarding a
higher mission, the passing of military secrets to a foreign government?
Kay
Hamilton was originally fired from her DEA job for doing things her way instead
of following rules and protocol. She’s
no different here as she refuses to carry out someone else’s narrowly-defined
investigation. The result is a
satisfying romp with constant surprises, tension, deaths, and answers slowly
revealed. Kay Hamilton is an
intelligent, street-savvy investigator who gets the job done and keeps the
reader guessing through the entire process!
K Street.. is a great read and will thrill all those
who love adventure and a great mystery!
