War at Home

It seems I can't get enough Smokey Dalton. This was my second time through [b:War at Home 2003116 War at Home (Smokey Dalton, #5) Kris Nelscott https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312013560s/2003116.jpg 2007001], this time in audio format.In this, the fifth book in the series, Grace Kirkland, a neighbor who tutors Smokey's son Jimmy, asks Smokey to find her missing son Daniel. The search takes him east. First he goes to New Haven to try to find out why Daniel never showed up for his spring semester at Yale. There he learns that Daniel has become involved in a radical antiwar movement and that he was asked to leave Yale due to a violent incident on campus.Clues lead Smokey to New York City. There, things turn dark. He quickly finds Daniel and his girlfriend, but gets an unfriendly welcome. He begins to suspect that they are involved with plans to plant bombs in government buildings. Of course Smokey can't just report that he found Daniel, mission accomplished, and go home, not with people in danger. He investigates further.Then, things get violent. People start getting shot, and Smokey finds a cache of bomb making material that seems to be connected to the shootings. He begins to suspect that, in addition to the violent antiwar group and the police, there may be a third party involved – someone with military training. The war has come home. The climax is literally explosive.Very good story.