Intercept

House of Beads #2

by Mary Jane Forbes

War-veteran Daytona Pete intercepts a mayday call on his ham radio at 5:30 p.m. amidst a raging storm off Florida’s east coast. The skipper of the forty-four-foot Molly C requests assistance. The fierce storm prevents immediate rescue. When the yacht is located the next day on New Smyrna Beach, the skipper is dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

As Captain Manny Salinas from the Daytona Beach Police Department and his black Labrador retriever, Peaches, search the Molly C for clues, they discover a hidden cache of cocaine worth $3 million and one cup of ricin, a poison toxic enough to contaminate thousands of people.

Homeland Security Agent Hutchinson joins the investigation. He is caught off guard with his growing love for Catherine Hainsworth, a prominent Daytona Beach architect who unwittingly is caught in the intrigue. Hutchinson battles to stop the terrorists from releasing the deadly toxin, and to save the love of his life without jeopardizing his mission or her safety.

Genres: Fiction

243 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jo Notary]

243p War-veteran Daytona Pete intercepts a mayday call on his ham radio at 5:30 p.m. amidst a raging storm off Florida 19s east coast. The skipper of the forty-four-foot Molly C requests assistance. The fierce storm prevents immediate rescue. When the yacht is located the next day on New Smyrna Beach, the skipper is dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
As Captain Manny Salinas from the Daytona Beach Police Department and his black Labrador retriever, Peaches, search the Molly C for clues, they discover a hidden cache of cocaine worth $3 million and one cup of ricin, a poison toxic enough to contaminate thousands of people.
Homeland Security Agent Hutchinson joins the investigation. He is caught off guard with his growing love for Catherine Hainsworth, a prominent Daytona Beach architect who unwittingly is caught in the intrigue. Hutchinson battles to stop the terrorists from releasing the deadly toxin, and to save the love of his life without jeopardizing his mission or her safety.

[Betty Macy · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far the book needs both a content and copy editor!!
Also, at half way there has not been much of a relationship to the Triple Crown, and that was the reason I choose to read this book. It is a decent story.


Now that I have finished the book I will say it is an excellent story overall, but the complaints above remain true and prevent it from receiving 5 stars.

[Ellen White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finding one in Florida along the east coast, one thinks, of money, drugs, boats, and gambling. This covered them all, and the plots, became more than murder, with what was hidden on the boat. Interesting type of cozy mystery.