Courage Lost: A Ray Courage Mystery

Private Investigator Ray Courage returns in his most complex case yet, one that readers and critics are heralding as the best in the hugely popular mystery series.

Billionaires Isabella and Wyatt Carlyle have been estranged from their son for twenty years. With Isabella at death's door, she wants to bring her son back into the family. Ray's search for the now forty-year old son takes him to Monterey, California, where he encounters a cast of seedy characters more than eager to lead him to the heir of the Carlyle fortune. But his search is complicated by the seemingly unrelated murder of a rival private eye. At the same time, a young man is brutally attacked in Honduras and left for dead. Does this relate to Ray's case?

With a cast of memorable characters and Mackey's graceful prose, this gripping page-turner delivers on every front and will have you guessing until the final page.

Praise for R. Scott Mackey

"Mackey has a Mickey Spillane flair to his writing that keeps you in your seat wondering what's next." - Long and Short Reviews

"Most highly recommended." - Readers's Favorite

"Agatha Christie, eat your heart out ... here's a modern writer with a similar flare for building plot." - Richard Bunning's Books and Reviews

"Great dialogue and description, and some really wacky, but totally believable characters." - Charles Ray blogspot