Andrew Fechmeier is a master at hiding. He'd better be—he’s spent decades concealing a secret that could get him killed. So when he’s diagnosed with a terminal disease, he heads for the local funeral home carrying the blue suit he eventually wants to be buried in. But what no one knows is that Fechmeier secretly tucked something inside, turning the suit into a final, untraceable hiding spot.
It's a perfect plan. Until Fetch is brutally murdered by a mysterious killer who will stop at nothing to find the priceless object hidden in the suit.
Wasting no time, the cunning but unconventional Roddy LaPointe opens an investigation into Fetch’s murder, recruiting help from his friend, the brilliant “Zig” Zigarowski. But it doesn’t take long for Zig to discover the real reason Roddy cares so much about this case: Fetch’s death is tied to Roddy’s mother, who was murdered decades earlier.
The Viper by Brad Meltzer will be published on January 6, 2026. William Morrow provided an early galley for review.
This is the third book in the Zig and Nola series of thrillers. As a long-time fan of Meltzer's writing (I have read all of his fiction novels to date), I was eager to check this one out.
As expected, the story is solid and moves along at a good pace. The chapters are easily digestible and encourage the reader to go one more (which often ends up several more). The story takes several logical turns that I was not expecting (as a writer, I like to be surprised by the unpredictable).
There is the potential for further adventures with these characters. I hope Meltzer chooses to revisit them. My only hope, though, is that the next book features the two leads together a lot more than this one did.
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