Doris Fein: Dead Heat at Long Beach

Doris Fein #8

by T. Ernesto Bethancourt

Doris Fein and her new friend, who is a contender for the world's race car driving championship, employ their wits and driving skills against a group of ruthless revolutionaries.

142 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 1983

About the author

Pen name of Tom Paisley, a singer, guitarist, and composer.

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

One can't go wrong with this feminist 1980s YA series. Only criticism is that Doris should have had at least one female friend her own age. Thank you husband for buying/finding this dead well-used hardback library book.

Reading these always brings fond memories. The gumdrop has died, so Doris Fein is taking car racing lessons. This leads to a romance. International politics adds to the drama. Almost no journalism though.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book #7 in the Doris Fein Mystery, and sometimes Spy, series. I'm very much enjoying re-reading them!

When Doris' beloved TR-7 is accidentally crushed by a load of cement dropped on it she buys a custom-made car that can go from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds. With such power at her fingertips Doris takes some lessons at a local racetrack, which, brings her into contact with international playboy and contender for the world’s race car driving championship, Roderigo Alcala. Enter George Case and the IGO, the secret intelligence agency, who wants her to succumb to Roderigo’s wooing. Roderigo’s father is a dictator ruler of a small Caribbean Island country called El Concepcion. Since he is ill and they have discovered oil off the coast, El Concepcion, its ruler, and Roderigo have become very important to the United States government. Soon Doris and Roderigo are pitted against ruthless revolutionaries and at the end their survival depends only on Doris’ driving skills.

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

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