Dirty Harriet
by Miriam Auerbach
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Pub Date Mar 28 2013 | Archive Date Jul 09 2013
BelleBooks | Bell Bridge Books
Description
“A terrific investigative tale . . . using dark humor and starring a fabulous [character] who deserves future tales.”—Harriet Klausner, an Amazon.com top reviewer
Goodbye mansion, hello Hog. This former Boca Babe is now a Biker Babe with a rap sheet and a license to track down bad guys and solve crimes. Go ahead. Make her day. Harriet “Dirty Harriet” Horowitz had it all. Money. Plastic Surgery. Servants. Then her husband raised his fist one time too many, and she shot and killed him. Now, she lives in the South Florida swamps, rides a Harley, and owns a private eye agency. Her best friend—the only friend who makes sense anymore—is an alligator named Lana. Then the Contessa von Phul, a woman from Harriet’s society days, hires Harriet to investigate the death of a Mayan immigrant worker. With her assistant Lupe—an eccentric civil servant—and a .44 Magnum, Dirty Harriet hits the mean streets of Boca Raton to dig for clues. What won’t she do to uncover the truth? Her search for answers forces her to return to her old world of Boca Babes and McMansions. When she discovers scandal after scandal, will she be able to escape Boca with her life—yet again? Dirty Harriet, Miriam Auerbach’s debut mystery novel, won a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award. Miriam can only assume that this is because the heroine kills her husband on page one. In a parallel universe, Miriam is known as Miriam Potocky, professor of social work at Florida International University in Miami. She lives in South Florida with her husband and their multicultural canines, a Welsh Corgi and a Brussels Griffon. Visit Miriam at www.miriamauerbach.com.
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| ISBN | 9781611942590 |
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Featured Reviews
Jennifer M, Reviewer
Talk about taking a shift in your life.
After taking years of abuse from her husband, Harriet took matters into her own hands and killed her husband ... all within the first chapter. So I wondered where the story was going to lead us.
Harriet leaves behind everything that her husband's life represented (a mansion,
servants, money), gets a Harley and a shack in the swamp. She opens her own PI business to help those who are scammed. What she doesn't expect is the adventure that follows when someone from her former life walks into her office.
Migrant workers are part of the landscape in south Florida so when one shows up dead no one takes special notice other than one of society's grande dame who asks Harriet to investigate. The investigation leads into the sides of migrant worker's culture that those of us in the north are unaware of. Harriet takes us on a fun ride with her Harley to solve the murder mystery that no one seemed to care about.
I look forward to when the next story is available on the Kindle.
Dirty Harriet Mystery Series ebook @ Amazon
Katharina H, Reviewer
I got this from Netgalley years ago and only got around to it now.
Spoiler-free review:
I have to admit, the cover did not draw me in, not a big fan of it. The book itself was a short and quick read. I was intrigued and entertained even tho it played with cliches a bit much for my taste.
I guessed the culprit pretty early but was thrown off by other clues and second-guessed myself. The solution, in the end, was rather...meh. I found it relatively unrealistic and not guessable but in itself made sense.
The book had some funny moments tho which I did like. If I had to compare it to another book I would probably compare it with the Stephanie Plum series. Both of the main characters are a bit clumsy and stumble into stuff they could have avoided if they had thought it through beforehand a little better.
All in all, I don't regret reading the book but I will most likely not continue with the series.
