Liked It“really like this author, but I LOVE this title! I am a sucker for a fab title and this one did it for me. Even more groovy, the smart dialogue, intriguing characters and steamy storyline is fab, too. |
“really like this author, but I LOVE this title! I am a sucker for a fab title and this one did it for me. Even more groovy, the smart dialogue, intriguing characters and steamy storyline is fab, too.
Whit Mosley is my kinda guy. He's trying to redeem himself with the career path his father chose for him. Whit is a judge in Port Leo, Texas. Under the robes he dresses like a beach bum. He can be found reading court law documents and books to help him become a better justice of the peace and investigator. He really is trying hard to make the right choices and it really comes home when the son of a state senator is found dead of apparent suicide and Whit finds himself on the path to discover the truth. He also finds more than he bargained for...drug traffic, pornography, con jobs.
My favorite character is Gooch....you'll have to read the book to meet him, but he is someone you'd want on your side in any kind of altercation. I have a crush....
Five gritty Texan beans...
And L J Ganser narrated this and totally made this book even better the second time around!
”
“Jeff Abbott creates a great sense of both character and location in this "whodunnit". The Texas Gulf coast and its inhabitants (to my mind, a mix of California and the Florida nutbags of Carl Hiassen!) is brought vividly to life with a nicely convoluted plot and some seriously sick bad guys. A most entertaining read. ”
David B wrote this review Sunday, September 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“What a good mystery/suspense novel this was. I do like this author's books and he just gets better with each book he writes. This is the first in his Whit Mosley series. A strong plot and super characters.
Back Cover Blurb:
A death rocks the Gulf Coast town of Port Leo, Texas. Beach-bum-turned-judge Whit Mosley is summoned to a yacht where the black-sheep son of a senator lies dead. Was it suicide, fueled by a family tragedy? Or did an obsessed killer use the dead man as a pawn in a twisted game? When Whit defies political pressure and conducts an inquest, he and Detective Claudia Salazar expose a nest of drug lords, con artists, and power-hungry sharks - all out for blood. With their careers - and their lives - at stake. Whit and Claudia must unearth a lethal trail of passion and deceit that lies buried not in the warm sands of Port Leo but in the icy recesses of the human heart.....”