Wallace Stroby, author of the Crissa Stone series, takes a hiatus from his bad girl protagonist to introduce readers to an army vet and a seasoned investigative reporter. Ray Devlin is retired, divorced and living quietly on a boat in Florida when an old colleague shows up unexpectedly. What starts out as a cordial reunion turns violent and leaves Devlin with life-or-death questions. He must resurrect his dark past to find their answers.
Devlin's search takes him north to Philadelphia and another former comrade who only adds more mystery to the situation. A decomposing body discovered in an abandoned building ties back to their former life as mercenaries. The timing of the man's murder and Devlin's surprise visitor make the events too coincidental to ignore.
Meanwhile, journalist Tracy Quinn is covertly looking into the homicide. Her supervisor at the newspaper tells her to drop the story and focus on work that will elicit clicks online, but she's convinced there's more to the corpse's story than anyone suspects. When Quinn and Devlin's paths inevitably cross, the two uncover a plot that puts them both in the crosshairs of greedy, heartless businessmen.
Some Die Nameless has no shortage of suspense. Stroby keeps the adrenaline flowing page after page. His depiction of the modern newsroom and its shrinking staff builds Quinn as a rogue hero, fighting to bring the truth to the American public. Timely, exciting and shrewd, Some Die Nameless is prime crime fiction. --Jen Forbus, freelancer