Found: A Matt Royal Mystery (8) - Hardcover

Griffin, H. Terrell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 160809099X ISBN 13: 9781608090990

Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB, 2013

Synopsis

The quiet of Longboat Key, Florida, is shattered when an old man is shot to death and his murderer is killed while fleeing the police. Strange documents in German and Arabic are found in the killer's car then an old friend of the murdered man disappears. The island's only detective, Jennifer Diane (J.D.) Duncan receives a text message with a picture taken that morning of a college friend whom she thought was dead. Matt Royal and J.D. are pursued by men who would do them harm, and Matt's best friend, Jock Algren, a shadowy operative of the U.S. government's most secretive intelligence agency comes to visit the island. As the mystery deepens, a ragtag group of devious and dangerous characters intrudes on the lives of the islanders, creating a kind of havoc unusual for a sun-splashed island full of retirees and beach bums. Matt, J.D., and Jock rush to find the answer to why one old man was killed and another disappeared, the meaning of the photo sent to J.D. of her almost surely dead college friend, and why somebody is trying to kill them.

About this title

About the Author:

H. Terrell Griffin is the award winning author of ten Matt Royal mysteries set on Florida's Suncoast. Prior to succumbing to his lifelong yen to write, he earned degrees in history and law from Mercer University and was a board certified civil trial lawyer based in Orlando for thirty-eight years. In his youth, Terry served three years in the U.S. Army, much of it as a medic in an Armored Cavalry regiment on the East German border.

From Booklist:

In his eighth Matt Royal mystery (following Fatal Decree, 2013), the retired Orlando attorney turned Longboat Key private investigator is drafted to help his girlfriend, homicide detective J. D. Duncan, who has received a mysterious text message from a friend who was presumed murdered a year earlier. J. D. is busy with a murder case—an elderly resident has been shot dead outside his home—but Matt and Jock, Matt’s lifelong friend and an intelligence officer with ties to the president, are there to lend a hand. When someone tries to kill Matt and J. D., Jock takes it personally and has the wherewithal to get some definitive answers. In a historical subplot, a WWII German submarine sinks in the Gulf of Mexico with only one survivor, who buries some important papers on the beach before turning himself in. Both of these story lines are eventually woven together. This is an entertaining mystery with an intriguing plot, a vividly rendered southwest Florida location, and believable, likable characters, reminiscent of John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee novels, with a dash of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thrown in for good measure. --Stacy Alesi

About this edition

• Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 160809099X
• ISBN 13: 9781608090990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 325