The Splintered Paddle
Mark Troy
Five Star, Jun 18 2014, $25.95
ISBN: 9781432828592
When Ava Rome was a young teen her Master Sergeant father
apparently went AWOL and never returned.
Not long after his desertion, her younger brother died in a bullying
incident. Though the years have passed
and she became an MP, both horrific incidents still haunt Ava especially the
nightmares that disturbs her sleep and an obsession to help the most
defenseless.
While in the army, Ava arrested Norman Traxler for assaulting a
hooker. As Traxler served time in San Quentin,
he had one motive: destroy Ava Rome for destroying his life. Out of prison, Traxler knows that his target works
as a private eye in Hawaii. Working two
cases, Ava seeks evidence that corrupt police officer Ron Never harasses
prostitute Jenny Mordan and searches for runaway teen Cassie Sands who is
residing with marijuana farmer Alvie Wong.
At the same time Traxler begins his campaign to assault Ava’s friends
and those she protects like Morden and Sands before he goes after the main
course. Fate hammers Ava as Nevez works the
Traxler case.
The second Ava Rome mystery (see The Rules) is an extremely dark tense
tale starring a heroine who believes in the law
of The
Splintered Paddle that requires keeping
safe the vulnerable even when they inanely rush into harm’s way. Readers, who have the stomach for realistic,
explicit violence, will take delight in Rome’s tour of the sleazy side of the “Paradise of the
Pacific”.
Harriet Klausner
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