The story begins with a 19 year old prostitute who goes missing. Our main character is approached by the girl's mother who wants him to help find her daughter. , our main character then enlists the help of T-Tommy who is a police investigator, and the pair explore the local world of prostitution rings, mob bosses and cutting edge medical research corporations.
The book itself is well written, and the characters are far from cardboard. The medical portion of the book was informative but not overly complicated to appeal to a wide variety of readers.
The storyline itself was a winding path since you arent aware that everyone is in the body snatching until the end.
The only part of this book i disliked was there was too much sex when really it didnt add to the storyline in any shape. ( )

“Hot Lights, Cold Steel” by D.P. Lyle:

Lyle heats up the scene once again with “Hot Lights, Cold Steel.” His prolific and seemingly inexhaustible characters Dub Walker and T-Tommy Tortelli take full charge, just as they did in “Stress Fracture.”

Walker, a sought after forensic and behavior analyst, teams up with Tortellli, a homicide investigator to first find the missing daughter of Walker’s long-time friend. Unfortunately, they find the daughter, but not quite in the shape they were hoping. From there, it gets worse as Clair, Walker’s ex and news reporter, Tortelli and Walker open a can of worms—at times literally—when body after body is uncovered, buried to hide the real reason they were killed.

Medical procedures were performed pre-mortem on the bodies. But why would anyone operate on a person only to kill them later? And just as important—who would do such a thing?

It becomes a race to the finish when Claire is kidnapped to be used for the same fatal operation. Will Walker and Tortelli save her before she ends up with the same fate as dozens of others?

Lyle paints the scenes and plants the reader into the story as if they themselves were fighting the ugly evil alongside Walker. A must read! ( )