Author: H. Terrell Griffin
Series: Matt
Royal MysteryPublisher: Little Oceanview Publishing
Publication Date: September 18, 2010
Reviewer: Ethan
Summary: After a week away,
Matt Royal's ready to get back to the Longboat Key good life good fishing, good
food, good beer, and more good fishing. But Matt comes back to bad news: while
he was away, a sniper tried to kill one of his best friends. Even worse, now
that Matt's back, someone's trying to kill him. And whoever is trying to kill
him is trying really hard. With no clue who's after him or why, Matt soon finds
he's at the center of a mystery involving a lawyer's murder, a tourist left for
dead, a ruthless biker gang, a reclusive billionaire with nothing to lose, and
an ancient document that could bring ruin to some of the most entrenched
financial interests in Florida. Between solving the mystery and staying alive,
Matt's got his hands full. But he'd better watch out or his hard-charging ways
could get him sideways with the newest member of Longboat Key's police force,
the undeniably attractive Jennifer Duncan. For Matt, it's shaping up to be a
really long week.
The small town
Florida setting allows Griffin to juxtapose his protagonist and supporting
characters, all of who seem to possess that rare quality found only in small
town, working class America, with the cold corrupt tone of the rich greedy
villains. On top of the attempts at his life, Matt Royal is also forced to
learn to work with the new female detective, J.D. Duncan, who not only
threatens to disrupt the "good ole boy" cooperation between Royal and
the Longboat Key Police Department, but also stirs feelings somewhere deeper in
Royal's heart. Duncan is a great fish out of water, by the book, contrast to
Royal's more maverick ideals. Through J.D. Duncan, Griffin manages to produce a
surprisingly believable, romantic subplot.
This is the
fifth novel to feature Matt Royal, but as this was the first novel I read, I
don't think it is important to read the other installments in the series before
reading this one. From the moment I began reading this book, I could not put it
down! The novel takes place over a weeklong period of time, and is divided into
sections by the different days of the week (it seemed oddly fitting that I read
this weeklong story as the first novel in my Book A Week challenge). With the
fairly short chapters and quick pacing, this novel had me flying through the
pages and kept me engaged to the very end. As a fan of great mysteries,
interesting characters, and beautiful settings, I found Bitter Legacy to be a
great read!
-Ethan*giveaway ends May 12th
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