Book Review: The Corruptible

The Corruptible by Mark Mynheir
ISBN: 978-1601420749; ASIN: B004FGMDMS
Paperback, 352 pages; ebook, 429 KB
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Retail: $14.99

What the book is about:

How much money would it take for you to betray the truth? Ex-homicide detective Ray Quinn never had glamorous thoughts of the life of a private investigator—but being cornered in a bathroom stall by the enraged philandering husband of a client? That’s something he could live without. Retired from homicide and living with a painful disability, Ray’s options are limited. Stick to the job, keep impetuous sidekick Crevis alive, and spend quiet evenings with trusted pal Jim Beam, that’s about the best he can hope for.
As a new client emerges, Ray finds himself in an impossibly large boardroom holding a check with enough zeros to finally lift him from his financial pit. The job seems easy enough: find Logan Ramsey, an ex-cop turned security officer who’s taken off with sensitive corporate information. But few things are easy in Ray’s world, regardless of the amount of zeros in the check.
In what should be an open-and-shut case, Ray stumbles across Logan Ramsey in a seedy motel room. Only Ray wasn’t the first to find him. Now Logan’s dead, the client’s information is nowhere to be found, and Ray’s employer is less than forthcoming with the details. Suddenly the line between the good guys and bad guys isn’t so clear. With a foot in both worlds and an illuminating look at an unhappy ending that could well be his own, which will Ray choose?
From the Trade Paperback edition- from amazon.com product description page

My thoughts: Good book. Plenty of action, suspense, real world scenarios- not all feel-good 'fluff'. I like my books like I like my movies- funny and/or packed with action. This is a Christian book but it is not preachy or smothered in it. I appreciated how it shows a person who is dependent on only themselves find the need to reach out to someone else for help- and often that 'someone' is God.

I found the characters to be well developed; the various settings were descriptive (it takes place in Florida). There was only one spot where I found myself simply skimming it because I was slightly bored with the scenario and that was only two pages.

Having limited experience with the police department- other than two brother-in-laws in the police force, one retired- I cannot really say whether this aspect of the book was accurate or not. My interaction with my in-law police officers is quite opposite of the image I get from this book. Often I see the same portrayal of officers in movies that Mynheir gives in this book.

I was going to include the main characters but the minor characters get so intertwined in the story that the list would be too long. Parts of the book focus more on one minor character, then other parts focus on another.

Read an excerpt at WaterBrook Multnomah’s site.

***Disclaimer: I received this book from WaterBrook Multnomah as part of their Blogging for Books program for free in exchange for an honest review. No compensation was given. See Disclosure/Policies.***