Review: Undercover investigation goes awry in 'Gated Prey'

In “Gated Prey,” Los Angeles County Detective Eve Ronin and her close-to-retirement partner Duncan Pavone go undercover to investigate a series of home invasions in gated communities

“Gated Prey” by Lee Goldberg (Thomas & Mercer)

A string of home invasions have Los Angeles County’s rich and famous on edge, so the sheriff’s department sets up an undercover investigation to put an end to it.

However, things don’t go as planned in “Gated Prey,” Lee Goldberg’s third mystery novel featuring Los Angeles County Detective Eve Ronin.

Posing as trophy wife and wealthy husband, Ronin and her close-to-retirement partner Duncan Pavone set up housekeeping in a gated community, make themselves tempting targets, and wait for trouble. It comes when three armed men force their way in.