The Two Minute Rule, Robert Crais, 2006

No Elvis Cole or Joe Pike, but nevertheless, a riveting and clever crime mystery. Max Holman gets out of prison after ten years to learn that his “wife” has died two years earlier and his son, a 20-something-year-old Los Angeles cop, has been shot to death. Reconnecting with the FBI agent who arrested him, Katherine Pollard, these two less than perfect characters crack the case, recover $16 million in bank robbery money, and fall in love. Slow start; gripping end!