The Wanted (Elvis Cole #17) by Robert Crais
The mother of a teenager finds a Rolex watch, bundles of cash and other items in his bedroom and hires private detective Elvis Cole to find out how he got the loot. Cole learns that the teen and two others are behind a string of home burglaries in rich neighborhoods and, one item they stole is very valuable to the owners -- for a reason other than money. It's so impoCrartant, in fact, that people who get in the way of its recovery are ending up dead. One of my favorite parts of this book is that the mom sees that something is amiss and does something about it. In other words: She's a parent. Hear my interview with Robert Crais here http://wesb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/LiveLine-01-04-18-Authors-Robert-Crais-and-Brad-Taylor.mp3