Desolation Canyon (Detective Margaret Nolan, #2) by P.J. Tracy

P.J. Tracy ?seems to have found her literary sweet spot? (New York Times Book Review) with her dazzling new series, and in Desolation Canyon, fans get a deeper look into the complex characters who call Los Angeles home.LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan is struggling to move forward after the death of her brother in Afghanistan and taking a life in the line of duty. Her stoic parents offer little support ? they refuse to address anything difficult, and she?s afraid their relationship is eroding beyond the point of recovery.The days off are the hardest, because they give Margaret time to think. A moment of weakness leads to cocktails with a colleague?an attraction she knows could be dangerous ?at the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air bar. A stroll through the grounds leads to a grim discovery beneath the surface of Swan Lake: the body of a successful attorney who made his fortune in international trade.It initially appears to be death by misadventure, but the case is anything but straightforward. As