Review: Jinx Schwartz Pulls Off Another Exciting Hetta Coffee Escapade"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
This author writes a terrific, funny, suspenseful story about the escapades of Hetta Coffee, a private sleuth.  By trade, Hetta is a civil engineer, running her own consulting business specializing in Materials Management.  She's a gal who has taken to sea voyaging in her cruiser, 'Raymond James.'  Currently she is docked in Santa Rosalia, Mexico, which is an old mining village.  Her new job is a commitment of up to three months.  With new money coming into town, the El Boleo mine is reopened (funded in part by South Korea) and the community as sprung to life again with cars, driving bumper to bumper.  Her job is at another mine further up the mountain, referred to as the Lucifer Mine. She has her yacht docked at a pier, and gets her truck ferried over from the mainland.  She's not going to let Distracted Pedro drive her up the Hill of Hell anymore! After driving the truck from the ferry to her yacht, exhausted, she discovers someone has boarded 'Raymond James' and emptied out her refrigerator. She Skypes Jenks, her lover, who is currently in Dubai working a job.  He gets her security system activated and reminds her to lock the hatches upon retiring. Starting her new job, she learns of the disappearance of a worker, now presumed dead, after the company yacht, 'Lucifer' is discovered beached and no one aboard. However, Hetta and her best friend, Jan, wake as someone is sneaking aboard again.  Low and behold ... it's the man that was assumed dead, Rosario Pardo, who claims someone in the company was trying to kill him. Well, Hetta is an investigator at heart, or ... is she just a snoop who always heads into trouble and causes more than the criminals?  Again, this novel is flamboyantly written, the pace is vigorous, the characters are unique, and the ending is nearly catastrophic. Once you befriend, Hetta Coffee, you won't want to miss out on any of her misadventures!