RESIDUE, by Michael McGarrity, focuses on Kevin Kerney, who is accused of a murdering Kim Ward forty-five years ago. His son and State Police Lieutenant, Clayton Istee, first suspects his father might have done it, but soon realizes that the murder has little to do with Kevin Kerney and a lot to do with several other shady characters and the truth about the murder is buried under many layers of lies, deaths, and father time.
This book is one in a long running series and I have to give McGarrity credit that I didn't feel lost or deprived having not read any other books in the series. The setup and hook of the story worked well within the confines of this book, and McGarrity does a good of intertwining exposition without letting the story momentum lag. As far as character development, though, I didn't really connect to the most of the main characters and found myself enjoying many of the minor colorful characters much more than the major characters, who seemed a bit wooden, even though I wanted them not to be. Momentum builds to an action packed finale and McGarrity does do a nifty job of tying together all loose ends at the end of the book and I felt a satisfying sense of completion.

The new book from Michael McGarrity was an excellent continuation of the series about Kevin Kearny, his family, and the world of southern New Mexico. It resurrects an incident from the past to make an entertaining story and brings in a characters from multiple stories. This could be a good series ender but I hope it continues because it covers a lot of good police work protocol, has good characters, and I enjoy the historical nature of the book.

Nothing makes me happier then to see the return of a favorite series character who has been on hiatus for too long. That was the way I felt when I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of the new Kevin Kerney novel that is due for publication in October 2018.

I love this character, I love the setting (New Mexico), and I loved the twisting, turning plot in which the whole family takes a part in to solve a long ago murder. Please add this one to your to-read list. You won't be disappointed.

Highly recommended!