Fatal Decree: A Matt Royal Mystery (7) - Softcover

Griffin, H. Terrell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608091228 ISBN 13: 9781608091225

Publisher: Oceanview Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

When a serial killer shows up on Longboat Key, Florida after a twelve year absence, Matt Royal is stymied. The first woman killed on Longboat Key has ties to a secretive government agency for which Matt's best friend Jock Algren works. Was this a coincidence or was she a targeted kill? Matt's friend, Longboat Key detective Jennifer Diane (J.D.) Duncan investigates the murders but also seems to be a target of the killer. Why? And where has the killer been for the past twelve years? And why has he come to Longboat Key when his earlier kills were all in Miami? The mystery deepens when Guatemalan gang-bangers try to kill Matt and J.D. and suspicions grow that Mexican drug cartels are somehow involved. The director of Jock's agency orders him to do whatever is necessary to find the killer because of the death of the woman with connections to the agency. Will Jock simply take out the murderer or allow J.D. and the law to arrest, try and convict the bad guys? Matt's life is further complicated by J.D.'s growing dissatisfaction with island living and her thoughts of returning to Miami.

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.

Review:

Terry Griffin's latest entry (Collateral Damage) in the Matt Royal set-in-Florida mysteries is a perfect blend of old south, beach bum, funky character driven stories, the kind that made J.D, . MacDonald famous, only Griffin's tale tops the best with its unexpected blend of international intrigue. My hat is definitely off! David Hagberg New York Times best-selling author of The Expediter. --David Hagberg New York Times best-selling author

"Griffin's Matt Royal novels may be the closest approximation we have today to John D. MacDonald in his pulp-fiction prime. Griffin captures the mood and tone of the McGee novels nicely. Good fun." --Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1608091228
• ISBN 13: 9781608091225
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336