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Luanne Fogarty Mysteries #5
High Water Hellion
The fifth installment of the Luanne Fogarty mystery series takes her from the seven hills and swamplands of Tallahassee to the flat lake country of central Florida. There to do a personal favor for Sheriff’s Detective Amado, she encounters everything from mating alligators to hurricanes to killers.
Tony Amado, sheriff’s detective, has often relied upon Luanne to find things in the deep water caves and sinkholes of north Florida. When his aunt dies, he needs to find out if she had tossed valuables into the lake behind her house. It’s not a matter for the law. Thus, to Luanne’s surprise, he invites her to do a personal favor for him. The aunt lives nearly 200 miles away and what seemed a heart attack isn’t. When Luanne arrives in the country lake area, she encounters more than a simple dive amongst mating alligators. Strange neighbors, ranging from teens to the nineties, cast suspicion over the aunt’s death. Luanne soon finds herself caught up in downright murder.
During all this, the hurricane season wreaks its own havoc. Pasquin, Vernon, and Marshall Long are back for the dangerous ride when Luanne and Tony bring them into the search when the local law enforcement is busy with the storms.
Tony Amado, sheriff’s detective, has often relied upon Luanne to find things in the deep water caves and sinkholes of north Florida. When his aunt dies, he needs to find out if she had tossed valuables into the lake behind her house. It’s not a matter for the law. Thus, to Luanne’s surprise, he invites her to do a personal favor for him. The aunt lives nearly 200 miles away and what seemed a heart attack isn’t. When Luanne arrives in the country lake area, she encounters more than a simple dive amongst mating alligators. Strange neighbors, ranging from teens to the nineties, cast suspicion over the aunt’s death. Luanne soon finds herself caught up in downright murder.
During all this, the hurricane season wreaks its own havoc. Pasquin, Vernon, and Marshall Long are back for the dangerous ride when Luanne and Tony bring them into the search when the local law enforcement is busy with the storms.
- GenresMystery
268 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2006
15 people want to read
About the author
Glynn Marsh Alam
10 books18 followersGlynn Marsh Alam is a native Floridian. Born in Tallahassee, she is familiar with the live oak forests and cypress swamps of the area. She also knows the sink holes and reptilia that abound there. She often swims in the cold, clear springs above the openings to fathomless caves. These are the settings for her Luanne Fogarty mystery series and for her literary novel, River Whispers.
After graduating from Florida State University, Glynn worked as a decoder/translator for the National Security Agency in D.C., then moved to Los Angeles where she taught writing and literature and earned an MA in linguistics. After many years of traveling back to Florida twice a year, she has now moved there and writes full time.
After graduating from Florida State University, Glynn worked as a decoder/translator for the National Security Agency in D.C., then moved to Los Angeles where she taught writing and literature and earned an MA in linguistics. After many years of traveling back to Florida twice a year, she has now moved there and writes full time.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
March 14, 2021
Love this series of well-written and fascinating mysteries. This one has Luanne diving in a lake amongst mating alligators. Then a hurricane hits. Good mystery you hate to put down.
July 17, 2015
Luanne Fogarty 5
Tony Amado calls Luanne Fogarty for a favor, to dive in a search for something his deceased aunt tossed into a nearby lake. Luanne reluctantly agrees, traveling from her home in Tallahassee to a small town outside Ocala. As they temporarily share the small cottage, the two find themselves in the midst of even stranger mysteries, from the deaths of other old women to a peculiar neighbor boy, all in the middle of alligator mating season and an approaching hurricane.
We finally get a much better look at Tony, a difficult character to like based on his prior actions. Add the old gang coming down to help out and you have a wonderful mystery filled with characters old and new. I rather hope we get to come to the area again. I liked quite a few of the locals. There is some animal cruelty off pages, so beware if you're sensitive to that. The person responsible is caught.
If you want a good mystery series set in Florida, particularly parts of Florida not normally used or if you just want a damn good mystery, this is the series for you. I would recommend reading in order simply to get to know all the continuing and occasionally visiting characters, but you won't be too lost if you don't. Alam is good sketching out everyone's place in Luanne's life. 4.5 out of 5.
Tony Amado calls Luanne Fogarty for a favor, to dive in a search for something his deceased aunt tossed into a nearby lake. Luanne reluctantly agrees, traveling from her home in Tallahassee to a small town outside Ocala. As they temporarily share the small cottage, the two find themselves in the midst of even stranger mysteries, from the deaths of other old women to a peculiar neighbor boy, all in the middle of alligator mating season and an approaching hurricane.
We finally get a much better look at Tony, a difficult character to like based on his prior actions. Add the old gang coming down to help out and you have a wonderful mystery filled with characters old and new. I rather hope we get to come to the area again. I liked quite a few of the locals. There is some animal cruelty off pages, so beware if you're sensitive to that. The person responsible is caught.
If you want a good mystery series set in Florida, particularly parts of Florida not normally used or if you just want a damn good mystery, this is the series for you. I would recommend reading in order simply to get to know all the continuing and occasionally visiting characters, but you won't be too lost if you don't. Alam is good sketching out everyone's place in Luanne's life. 4.5 out of 5.
May 31, 2014
#5 in the Luanne Fogarty series. Adjunct diver Luanne is called upon by Sheriff's detective Tony Amado to do some off the books work in the case of his aunt's death. This switch of locale from the swamps of Florida's panhandle to a lake in central Florida helps keep the series fresh. The lake has only five houses along its shore, and the inhabitants of each can be classified as predators or prey. The questionable deaths of two elderly ladies, the questionable occupations of the men in two other houses, and the creepy activities of the boy next door, give Luanne, Tony and him imported crew of detectives, and the local Sheriff's Office plenty to investigate. Good read that keeps the pages turning, but on reflection doesn't have enough substance for a second read.
Luanne Fogarty series - Luanne has headed south into the flat lake, snake, and gator country of central Florida with her scuba gear and canoe, to help her boss, macho Det. Amado, who has been forced to ask for help. His beloved old aunt is mysteriously dead and strange things are disappearing into the murky watery gator-mating ground behind the old lady's house. And blowing east from the Gulf of Mexico is a hurricane that threatens another kind of violence.
Luanne Fogarty series - Luanne has headed south into the flat lake, snake, and gator country of central Florida with her scuba gear and canoe, to help her boss, macho Det. Amado, who has been forced to ask for help. His beloved old aunt is mysteriously dead and strange things are disappearing into the murky watery gator-mating ground behind the old lady's house. And blowing east from the Gulf of Mexico is a hurricane that threatens another kind of violence.
March 19, 2014
Luanne agrees to help her police boss Tony find something his aunt was rumored to throw into a lake. But then they find evidence that his aunt was murdered. With a hurricane coming, will they catch the killer? While there was one obvious plot point, the rest of the book was filled with the usual good storytelling, strong characters, and atmospheric writing.
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