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Annabelle Hardy-Maratos #1
The Alligator's Farewell
Some deadly things in the Everglades crawl. . . Some slither. . . And some walk on two legs. . .
People who haven't been hurt by life don't become private eyes. Before Annabelle Hardy took over her father's Miami detective agency, she was beautiful, married, and teaching at Yale. She's still beautiful--but now she's deaf, widowed, and learning the lessons of the streets from her hot-tempered and oddly named partner, Dave the Monkeyman. They're not your usual P.I.'s. And their new case is not your usual murder.
A scientist at an Everglades atomic plant has been found dead. His corpse was so dangerously radioactive that no one would agree to bury it. And so important that someone was willing to break into the reactor to steal it. Investigating the murder, Annabelle and Dave are finding all manner of things dark and dangerous: a nuclear scam; a nudie bar called the Alligator Hole; and a man so seductive Annabelle wants to suspect him of terrible crimes . . . so she can avoid the risks of falling in love.
People who haven't been hurt by life don't become private eyes. Before Annabelle Hardy took over her father's Miami detective agency, she was beautiful, married, and teaching at Yale. She's still beautiful--but now she's deaf, widowed, and learning the lessons of the streets from her hot-tempered and oddly named partner, Dave the Monkeyman. They're not your usual P.I.'s. And their new case is not your usual murder.
A scientist at an Everglades atomic plant has been found dead. His corpse was so dangerously radioactive that no one would agree to bury it. And so important that someone was willing to break into the reactor to steal it. Investigating the murder, Annabelle and Dave are finding all manner of things dark and dangerous: a nuclear scam; a nudie bar called the Alligator Hole; and a man so seductive Annabelle wants to suspect him of terrible crimes . . . so she can avoid the risks of falling in love.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1998
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
May 1, 2023
I really enjoyed this book and was sorry to see there is only 1 more with the duo of Annabelle and Dave in it. They are great characters and this mystery was different than most.
September 16, 2023
RATING: 3.5
December 17, 2015
Awesomely riveting
A deaf heroine and an eccentric hero! Who could ask for more? I was between tears and gasps of pure hilariousness at some of the antics of these two. Very good book and well worth reading
A deaf heroine and an eccentric hero! Who could ask for more? I was between tears and gasps of pure hilariousness at some of the antics of these two. Very good book and well worth reading
February 14, 2016
For the Florida comedy thriller shelf, along with Carl Hiassen and Tim Dorsey...
March 3, 2016
Is a great book to read
unfinished
May 10, 2016Stopped at 29%. May retry later, but I really wasn't into this.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews