Monday, June 22, 2020

The Paradise Key Caper by Sandra Madden #cozymystery


The Paradise Key Caper
Sandra Madden

Genre: Cozy mystery
Publisher: Sandra Madden
Date of Publication: June 1, 2020
ISBN-13: 979-8650077220
ASIN: B089G5W42M
Number of pages: 318

Cover Artist: Sarah Paige

Book Description:

Kathleen Cassidy's transition from uptight Boston babe to barefoot island warrior begins with a bang when her newly inherited sleek go-fast boat explodes. Soon the intrepid redhead is questioning her father's death under the watchful eyes of a rugged Miccosukee undercover ICE agent who is definitely not her type, an attractive marine archeologist who definitely is her type and perhaps…a killer.

Cassidy is plainly a fish out of water and way down on her luck when she arrives on Paradise Key to claim her inheritance, a sleek go-fast boat and a battered old bar called the 'Gator Hole. Items bequeathed by the father she barely remembers, a man her mother referred to as Wild Bill—when she was being kind.

Joe Scipio, ICE agent and full-blooded Florida Miccosukee lives on his boat docked behind the Gator Hole. Although he'd promised her father to look after Cassidy, he considers the headstrong beauty supremely unsuited for the Keys lifestyle. He constantly urges her to return to Boston where she belongs. To no avail.

Mystery, love, humor and a cast of wacky Keys characters come together in this wildly entertaining novel.



Excerpt:

 “Go back to Boston, Cassidy. Do yourself a favor and sell me the bar and the land. Just take the money and run.”
“The name isn’t Cassidy,” I muttered for the one thousandth time. “Call me Kathleen or don’t bother to call me.” 
Joe Scipio had planted his six-foot-three frame on the stool opposite me. I stood safely behind the bar—separated from him by a width of approximately three feet and seven inches. Everything about Joe Scipio intimidated me. When I saw him walk through the door, my whole body went into a weird vibrate mode. Like my heart started to dance. And my brain leapt into a tumbling team routine. 
Not that I’d ever let him know how he affected me. I’d never met a man like him before. Not one Joe Scipio doppelganger lived in my Boston neighborhood.
I'd just opened the Gator Hole for the day. It was only a few minutes after eleven in the morning, and in my opinion way too early for people to be drinking anything other than lemonade, my beverage of choice. But I've learned they did things differently in the Florida Keys, especially here in Paradise Key.
My name is Kathleen Ann Cassidy. I inherited what is fondly referred to in these parts as "The Hole," shortly after Justin, my fiancé of three years ran off to Barbados with my best friend Ashley Finegold.


About the Author:

Sandra Madden is a former Miami and Los Angeles broadcast writer and producer. After retiring from broadcasting she became a full-time romance writer.

Fourteen of her historical and contemporary romances have been published traditionally –and in several languages. She also wrote Reuben Kincaid Remembered, the memoir of her late husband, actor Dave Madden, best known as Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family television series.

Sandra writes mystery, romantic comedy and an occasional historical. Her goal is to provide entertainment for all readers to enjoy.  She is a member of NINC, Sisters in Crime and the Florida Writers Association.




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