Boca Daze

Set in south Florida this is a light, somewhat funny, story of Eddie, the Boca Knight, who goes around solving criminal mysteries. For a 61 year old, he has lots of energy and strength! Parts of the book seemed to be based on real south Florida current events: Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme, the two Delray priests who embezzled money from their churches, and the pill mill raids.

There were funny lines. I could recognize the main character, Eddie, in so many of his lines. He is the new south Floridian!

"Fresh Meat" by Terrie Farley Moran for Criminal Element.

In October 2010 I was in San Francisco for Bouchercon, the annual four-day gala conference for mystery writers and fans. One night, amidst the crowds milling around the hotel atrium, I bumped into a man who was dapper, polite and funny. He introduced himself as mystery writer Steven M. Forman. We talked about all the writers’ angst we shared and told a few glory stories as well. We exchanged cards and a few months later I got a Facebook friend request from Steve and cheerfully accepted. If you are not Facebook friends with Steve Forman, you are missing the best one-line groaners ever!

So when I heard that the third book in Steve’s Boca Knights series, the aptly named Boca Daze, show more was soon to be released, I asked for an early peek and the chance to let you all know if Steve is as entertaining in thre- hundred plus pages as he is in one-liners on Facebook. The answer is an unequivocal YES.

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