Perfidia

by D.Z. Church

Just one of those days. DEA on the front lawn. And family you didn't know you had. August 1974, the DEA shows up on school teacher Olivia Lassiter's front lawn in Bakersfield, CA. They claim her father was last seen retrieving the wave-battered body of his drug-running nephew, from a rocky cove in Barbados. But Olivia has no family. There has only ever been her and Del. Next thing Olivia knows, she's outrunning the DEA to her father's safe deposit box. Only to find her birth certificate -- well, maybe - a rusty key, and eighteen million dollars in bearer bonds under a handgun. Then a couriered note from her father demands the key, and a call from a glib island lawyer implies things aren't what they seem. Olivia grabs the next flight to Barbados, where she lands unsuspecting in a tug of war over the future of a historic plantation, a hunt for rumored pirate booty, and a host of long-kept family secrets. Soon Olivia is neck-deep in cousins, bodies, and scoundrels. Now, everyone sees her as a threat. Will she survive? If you like suspense, romance, a constant, exhilarating atmosphere of distrust, and modern-day pirates, buy Perfidia today.

265 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 20, 2017

About the author

D.Z. Church served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era as a Division, Security and Public Affairs Officer. She has since been an award-winning Advertising Creative Director, and worked educational assessment, specifically the assessment of writing. Raised in the mid-West, she has lived in the Eastern, Southern and Western United States and Barbados. Along the way, she discovered that people aren't always as they seem, and that revenge is best served in a whopping good tale. The kind people like to read with a little history, some foul weather, an absorbing mystery, and a whole helping of suspense.

Reviews

[Carrie · Rating 2 out of 5]

So confusing!!! Too many characters and illegitimate
Children ... I honestly had no idea what was going on 50% through. It had potential

[Lauri · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just couldn't get into this one. The writing style is fine, but there were just too many characters that I couldn't keep straight and the romantic thread of the story just seemed frankly ridiculous to me. Not many of the characters seemed at all like genuine people and I ended up skimming large sections. I guess I would categorize this book as "silly."