Mission Road

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By Rick Riordan

Publisher Description

Rick Riordan, triple-crown winner of mystery’s most prestigious awards—the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus—returns with a hotter-than-Texas-chili Tres Navarre crime drama. This time Navarre reopens a cold case to catch a killer getting away with murder . . . again.

“Riordan has a knack for showing readers a crazy good time.”—The New York Times Book Review

P.I. Tres Navarre is used to working the razor’s edge between legal and life sentence. But when an old friend appears at his door, blood-spattered and wanted for homicide, Tres jumps both feet into a no-man’s-land. Eighteen years ago an unsolved murder on notorious Mission Road threw the San Antonio underworld into bloody chaos. Now, armed and dangerous, the target of a citywide manhunt, Tres is on a collision course with the past. For on Mission Road waits a secret that will tear his life apart.

Praise for Mission Road

“Riordan is a master.”—Harlan Coben

“Anyone looking for a new Dave Robicheaux or Stephanie Plum mystery can add Riordan to his to-be-read list. He’s one of the real artists in the world of neo-noir.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“In Rick Riordan’s case, believe the hype. He really is that good.”—Dennis Lehane

“One of the best PI series being written today.”—Crimespree

Don’t miss any of these hotter-than-Texas-chili Tres Navarre novels:
BIG RED TEQUILA • THE WIDOWER’S TWO-STEP • THE LAST KING OF TEXAS • THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN • SOUTHTOWN • MISSION ROAD • REBEL ISLAND

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8 Reviews

3.5

BeeDUBS8

Created 9 months ago

Kirsten Muller

Created almost 2 years ago

“Wow, that was fast! Almost as fast as the pacing of this book :) I can't believe I read it this quickly, especially seeing as I'm now almost done with this series. How time flies! This book was compelling as any of the ones that had come before, although there was nothing new about the plot. Like with the fourth book, Tres has to help clear the name of someone close to him who's accused of murder. This time, instead of his half-brother, Garrett, it's his long-time friend, Ralph Argueo. The only minor difference is that Tres has to clear Ralph's name when it comes to not one, but TWO murders - or, rather, one murder in the past and another attempted murder (the attempted one being his wife, Ana de Leon). Well, I guess Garrett WAS probably suspected of a second murder that occurs in book four after the main one, but it was secondary. I digress...Like with book four, the case against Ralph for at least the first murder is a good one (like it was against Garrett), and you DO briefly consider whether or not he's at least guilty of that one (though you never consider that he shot his wife). Discussing Ralph any further would involve discussing major spoilers, so I can't put any of that here :) All that being said, this book makes itself unique from the fourth in that it kind of tells you who did it (more-or-less), which is one of the reasons you know for sure that Ralph didn't shoot Ana (though you also just know he would never do that). You know who shot Ana before you're halfway through the book, and you're given a hint in the first chapter as to who committed the first murder (without being given a name). Then I stupidly forgot that and got distracted, considering other suspects! Shame on me! The mystery then becomes more about the full story behind the events and the motives. In book four, you get e-mails from the killer, but you don't get a way to identify him from them alone. Like with the last book, you get a dizzying amount of changes in POV. Again, it switches between Tres's 1st.-person POV to the 3rd.-person-limited POV of various characters, from Maya to the villains. The switches seem to even occur in the same chapter. It seems likely that he will finish the series continuing with this trend. Speaking about chapters, this book has long chapters, especially compared to previous books in the series. The first four books tended to have a lot of shorter chapters. Book five had fewer, longer chapters. And this book had relatively few, much longer chapters. That being said, these books seem to be getting much shorter overall as they go on. The first four books hand audiobook lengths between 11-12 hrs. The last three books had lengths between 7:30-9 hrs. This is in contrast to Comoran Strike, where the books are getting significantly longer as they go on. Just a bunch of little side-notes I'd thought I'd mention! Finally, I'll discuss some spoilers regarding the relationship between Maya and Tres. Turn away now if you don't want to read them! The fact that they got engaged was a detail on which I'd spoiled myself just by reading the synopsis of the next and final book ("Rebel Island") before I finished this book. It was interesting to read Maya's struggle regarding it. But you just KNEW she was going to tell Tres (I would've been mad if she hadn't :)). The proposal scene was very sweet, and I'm VERY glad she decided to keep and embrace the baby in the end :) I'd like Garrett to make a reappearance before the series ends, and it looks like he does appear in the final book. I'd also like to meet this sister of his he mentioned a couple of times (Shelly? Shirley? Something like that.). I think that would be interesting. All in all, a worthy read! Can't believe I'm almost done with Tres for good. After burning through this book so quickly, I'll want to take my time and savor it...at least a little bit :) On to the next one! Let's finish this thing!”

Rafael Aguilera

Created almost 5 years ago

Bill

Created almost 7 years ago

Catie

Created over 9 years ago

About Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is the author of six previous Tres Navarre novels—Big Red Tequila, winner of the Shamus and Anthony Awards; The Widower’s Two-Step, winner of the Edgar Award; The Last King of Texas; The Devil Went Down to Austin; Southtown; and Mission Road. He is also the author of the acclaimed thriller Cold Springs and the young adult novel The Lightning Thief. Rick Riordan lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.