Review: Contemporary Pulp!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
Echoing the best pulp fiction of generations past, Chillemi’s new contemporary series will please readers of romantic suspense. Harmful Intent introduces a modern day big-city female PI armed to the teeth and ready to draw when faced with danger in Texas. The best of both worlds happen when east coast meets southern charm in the hunt for cold-blooded killers.When Ronnie’s husband of one year proves to be a cad, Ronnie realizes her whole marriage has been a sham. She calls her boss at the private investigation service where she works in New York to say she needs some time to collect herself, and flies to Texas for some best-girlfriend time. Only best girlfriend Cassidy is already comforting someone – Ronnie’s husband Jack. Stunned, Ronnie holes up nearby, only to become suspect number one when Jack is murdered.With her boss’s help, Ronnie finds a place to stay while she attempts to clear her name, a job the handsome, divorced Dawson Huges from the local sheriff’s department, is only too glad to help with.Told from both Ronnie and Dawson’s points of view, as well as a few other characters, Harmful Intent unfolds with plenty of drama. The supporting cast of Bertha the waitress and Hoot the diner owner who offers Ronnie some temporary work, are wonderful comic relief. Ronnie and Dawson make a good pair of investigators as they work together to discover that no town is too small for big crime.