Dirty Harriet

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

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.