Suspicion of Innocence

A very good read, I must admit that I hadn't expected that....
It all seemed so logical from the blurp, so straight forward, that I used it as an in between read. I was wrong there however: the book had more to it. It wasn't difficult, but luckily it wasn't all whatit seemed from the beginning.

I must admit to disliking all characters apart from the little girl. After all it isn't her fault, is it? But all the rest... oh please!

This is almost a generic murder mystery, but it is interesting in its presentation. There is a surprise ending, which I, of course, will not reveal. Somewhere around halfway through the book, I made a correct guess as to the killer, but I had no idea until the end as to the motive. There were enough minor mysteries as the book progressed to keep reader interest alive as various theories, suspects, and motives were adopted and discarded.

I first read the Kindle sample. In the first chapter Jimmy Panther, a Native American is working as a tour guide piloting a boat in the Florida Everglades. His Scandinavian passengers happen to see an object in the water which turns out to be a body. Jimmy recognizes the body. That was well written enough show more to make me want to buy the book.

Immediately in chapter two we are introduced to Gail, a high powered attorney so devoted to her occupation that her marriage is falling apart, she has problems with her mother, doesn’t particularly like her chosen profession, and has problems with her entire family except for sister, Renee. The sister was the body in the water.

Then we have the Cuban connection; after all, it is Florida. Cubans are suspect because they are sneaky and Cuban. There is the possibility of drug involvement on the part of the Cubans, because they are Cuban. All the Cubans in the book, with the exception of the grandfather patriarch, are sex magnets for almost every female in the book, maybe because they are Cuban.

This is a comfortable read; I chose it as a break from more serious reading. Reading this as like running a leisurely 5K race. Not challenging, but satisfying. show less

Gail Connor's life if falling apart - her marriage, her sister"s apparent suicide. Gail becomes an amateur sleuth to clear her name when the police discover her sister was murdered and Gail is the prime suspect. PC