Review: Coral Sea Affair
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2013
Ben Hood is a detective at Police headquarters in Sydney. He has been placed on leave, indefinitely,(or sacked) due to his propensity to shoot first, ask questions later. Nearing age 50, Ben doesn't know what to do with himself now. He and his wife do not get along and he feels at odds since losing his job. Getting drunk one night, he e-mails a movie star, Brenda Grant, to whom he relates how amazing he believes her to be, about his wife(who hates him), and how he got sacked over shooting people. Unknown to Ben and contrary to what he and most people thought about stars and their fan mail, Brenda had read Ben's e-mail. Realizing that he is in a rut, Ben looked up his old mentor, Akira Misaki, who helps him get back in shape and back in touch with his martial arts skills. When Ben signs on with a private security agency and winds up in Port Douglas, the last person that he expects to see is his idol, Brenda Grant, who is there on movie location.  While there he gets involved with Joy McKay whose husband has been missing several months. Joy doesn't feel like the police are doing anything to find her husband and on top of that she is now being threatened so Ben steps in to help. I didn't find the book that interesting, it seems to move too slowly and has some extra "fluff" that doesn't seem necessary.