Private Investigator Gulliver Dowd no longer lives
in the loft in Red Hook though he still has some space there reserved for his
business. Most of the other loft space is now rented out to artists. Gulliver
likes artists as they create and by doing so inspire people. They create
something new while he spends a lot of his life thinking about the past, the
murder of his sister Keisha, and how society can’t often see beyond the fact
that he is a little person. While his small stature does have its advantages at
times, his size and overall physical appearance can be a detriment in his line
of work.
A line of work that came about solely because of
Keisha’s death. He became determined to succeed when the police failed and find
her killer. He reinvented himself by acquiring new skills and talents that he
never would have explored if she hadn’t died. Despite his best efforts he still
has not gotten any closer to finding her killer. That is until NYPD Detective
Sam Patrick decides it is time to tell him something involving Keisha. Unfortunately,
he won’t do it over the phone and wants to meet later in the evening at an isolated
location.
Sam never makes their meeting and instead is
accidentally gunned down by a fellow police officer. Gulliver Dowd is a victim
of a deliberate car crash that destroys his vehicle and puts him in the hospital.
With Sam dead, Gulliver Dowd is left to try and determine not only what
happened to Sam and why, but how it might also relate to Keisha’s murder years
ago.
Published by Raven Books, The Boardwalk: A Gulliver Dowd
Mystery is the third in a series featuring the diminutive private
investigator. Featuring short sentences with little description of setting or dialogue
the read rockets forward at a rapid pace. Part of the Rapid Reads series the
150 page book flows by very quickly while delivering a mystery full of
misdirection.
It would be best if one plans to read the series (Dirty
Work published in March 2013 and Valentino Pier published in
September 2013) do so before this one as the book goes into detail regarding
earlier books in the series. The Boardwalk: A Gulliver Dowd Mystery
by Reed Farrel Coleman is a very pleasant diversion that ends far too soon.
The
Boardwalk: A Gulliver Dowd Mystery
Reed
Farrel Coleman
Raven
Books (Orca Book Publishers)
February
2015
ISBN#
978-1459806740
Paperback
(also available as an e-book)
150
Pages
$9.95
ARC
was received in exchange for my objective review courtesy of my selection as an
Early Reviewer by LibraryThing for the book. Complications with mail delivery as well as my
wife’s recent health issues delayed reading and reviewing this book.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2015
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