Florida PI Harry Brock's new case makes him deal with family issues on many levels. When rescue workers haul a Chevy Malibu out of the Luther Faubus Canal, they find a skeleton wearing a Miami Dolphins cap. The bones belong to John Bunny Roberts, the second member of his family to die in suspicious circumstances. When John's sister, Martha, defies the family by asking Harry to investigate John's death, there is trouble for everyone. A large truck runs Harry off the road, and the Roberts family harasses Martha into a nervous breakdown. In addition, Harry must help his friend Tucker, an elderly farmer, who has discovered a colony of endangered butterflies on land that developers would like to obtain. Still more personally, he must deal with the fact that his girlfriend is seeing someone else, and he is estranged from his children. Roby turns the conventions of the hard-boiled genre on their heels as Harry's tough-guy persona comes face-to-face with the mess and muddle of human relationships. A lesser-known but very satisfying series set in South Florida's hotbed of crime fiction.
CRIME ROBY
