Review: Another Native Sun Mystery to Solve!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
I have followed Antonio Cruz and the Native Sun Casino Series now for a few years. The backdrop is the Native Sun Casino, with Antonio being the Head Butler in the exclusive villas where the very wealthy, the high rollers and the stars are coddled and pampered.From Casino Shuffle, Bad Beat and Rouge et Noir we have been titillated with the inner workings of a large hotel and are seeing workings that we do not see when we are guests. There is murders, and robberies and a myriad of things that can go wrong .....Mr Fields won the PRG 2012 award for Best Comedy Series and Amazon rates this book Best of the Month for October 2013.In this book Antonio, Mark Ford, Liz Fiore are not the forefront,  although all three are still very much present. They are surround by a new vising team brought in to the hotel.... Cyra and Preston are a consulting team for Shimmers Inc. We find Cyra is Mark's ex wife and this gives us hilarious one liners between the two of them for more than a chuckle for the reader.....Preston is her gay girl friend who pampers Cyra, does her makeup and hair and pours her into bed after a bad day....He protects her, and takes care of all she needs even snuggles if she needs it...The reparte between these two is hysterical....Trust me laugh out loud one liners......Cyra calls Antonio TD&H; (tall dark and handsome) and realizes quickly by her astute observation that he is taken and as she meets everyone she watches, she realizes with whom.....Originally Cyra and Preston are told they have been hired to get a feel for the pool area to make plans for changes and we spend the first part of the book planning it, and then hosting it,,,coconut oil and bikinis and tan bodies surround us....But all is not what it seems...As always there is always a mystery to solve and Cyra and Preston are given that task...They are helped by Mark and Antonio which gives us the mystery and the crumbs Mr Fields drops slowly so our characters can meet and talk and make us laugh with there great and fun interchanges...I wondered why we didn't see the last two  villains from Bad Beat; Mr. Halifax Downs and Natalie Stafford....maybe they were waiting in the wings for another time. I really expected to see them this time.I travel a lot and do love the feel of the backdrop of the Native Sun and feel we are seeing the crazy and bad stuff that guests really have no idea about. Mr Fields is a good story teller and has a great sense of timing in the comedy field...So stands to reason his stories would work perfectly.....and they doPlease do not hesitate to treat your self to a read...I would start with Casino Shuffle....Antonio in the shark tank behind the main bar is a vision you will carry with you...I still do. Thank you Jim for allowing me to read this...You Rock!!Review by Gloria LakritzReview Chair and Sr Reviewer for the Paranormal Romance Guild