East Meets Death

A murder on the links opens the 12th book in the Carina Quintana Murder Mystery series. And as uncommon as such a scenario might be, this one truly stands apart. Carina and her team of detectives discover that the murdered couple were a pair of Chinese dissidents who had sought refuge on the exclusive and secure Fisher Island in Miami. Given all they had gone through in their homeland, their deaths taking place while they and another couple enjoyed a round of golf on the island's private course was a notable irony.

Initial indications strongly suggest to Carina that the shots originated from a cruise ship sailing slowly out of the Government Cut channel past the island, toward the open Atlantic.  Additional digging points to a mysterious Chinese woman, a passenger on the ship, as the shooter, but the identity of the assassin and proof of her involvement are elusive.  The case is further complicated by a second, possibly related, murder, of a younger Chinese woman not long after in the toney Cutler Bay neighborhood. Finding what appears to be multiple killers will involve navigating through a thicket of Chinese sleeper agents and Latin American gang members, as well as piecing together a series of intertwined events taking place in Florida, Texas and California. Unraveling the deepening mystery will push Carina's formidable skills to their limits.

Is the star detective up to the challenge? May you be blessed to live in interesting times indeed!