Rumble in Rio
November 6th, 2022. Filed under: This & That.
When a single shot rings out to shatter the quiet at a prominent museum, it signals the start of a new mystery Patricia Fisher cannot avoid investigating.
An apparent suicide, a missing woman, a sunken treasure ship worth billions, and suspicious behaviour from almost everyone she meets … well, that might be a lot to take for some people.
For Patricia Fisher, it’s just Thursday.
She’s in Rio on the trail of an altogether different mystery, however it’s not long before Patricia questions if the two cases might not be intertwined.
What did happen to Professor Noriega?
Was his death a terrible accident?
If so, why was there a man onboard the Aurelia pretending to be the professor?
With faithful companions at her side, our English sleuth will have to roll the dice and take some chances for she only has two days to uncover the truth.
ISLAND BREEZES
This book’s title made me think of the rumble between the Jets and Sharks in “West Side Story.” It was really just the word rather than rival gangs fighting in Rio.
As always, Patricia manages to find dead bodies. Or do they find her?
You already know she’s going to drag Jermaine, Barbie and Sam in on the action. As well as the rest of the ship’s security team.
It’s a mad chase for sunken treasure of gold and jewels.
I hope this lady continues her adventures for many more books. Thank you, Mr Higgs, for creating this lady and her friends.
***Book received from author at no charge.***
When Steve Higgs wrote his debut novel, Paranormal Nonsense, he was a captain in the British Army. He would like to pretend that he had one of those careers that must be blacked out and generally denied by the government, and that he has to change his name and move constantly because he is still on the watch list in several countries. In truth, though, he started out as a mechanic – not like Jason Statham in the film by that name, sneaking around as a hitman, but more like one of those sleazy guys who charges a fortune and keeps your car for a week even though the only thing you went in for was a squeaky door hinge.
At school, he was largely disinterested in all subjects except creative writing, for which he won his first prize at the age of ten. However, calling it the first prize he won suggests that there were other prizes, which is not the case. Awards may yet come, but in the meantime, he enjoys writing mystery and thriller novels and claims to have more than a hundred books forming a restless queue in his mind because they are desperate to be written.
Now retired from the military, he lives in southeast England with a duo of lazy sausage dogs. Surrounded by rolling hills, brooding castles, and vineyards, he doubts he’ll ever leave, the beer is just too good.