Review: Enjoyable mystery with a most interesting protagonist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
Dead in Boca, Bell Bridge Books, e-book by Miriam Auerbach is one of her series with Harriet Horowitz, a tough, vigilante-thinking P.I. connected to both high and low strata of society in Florida's storied Boca Raton as protagonist.Harriet is hired by a wealthy land developer to find the man who has scammed his wealthy mother out of a considerable amount of money. He is killed shortly thereafter and the story proceeds with Harriet becoming involved in attempting to discover the perpetrators of both crimes.Our protagonist is an intriguing individual. Once typically fitting into the Boca prototype, now after being acquitted for self-defense in killing her husband, further education and becoming a successful P.I., she is a loner whose home is a cabin in the swamp which she reaches by airboat and a resident gator with whom she shares her thoughts. She also is a tough, no-nonsense biker with a group of friends ranging from professionals to blue collar workers, most of whom are gay and also bikers.The story moves smoothly and well, plot is multifaceted and the climax has a twist that tempers legal justice with a modicum of true justice.In summary: a most enjoyable read. Reviewed by John H. Manhold, award winning fiction/non-fiction author.