Palos Verdes Blue, A Jack Liffey Mystery John Shannon Pegasus Books LLC ISBN: 978-1-60598-037-9 Fiction, Mystery Reviewed by Victoria Kennedy

This is the eleventh thriller in the series. Private Eye Jack Liffey is searching for Blaine, the missing daughter of one of his ex-wife’s friends. The hunt leads him to the beach and the world of rich teenage surfers. The boys are mean and violent bullies who pretty much do what they want. That includes terrorizing illegal Mexican workers who live in makeshift shacks close to the mansions where they work. It appears that there’s a connection between the angry teenage boys, the poor Mexican laborers and Blaine. Was she caught in some kind of cross fire on her visits to give aid to the Mexicans?

Unknown to Liffey, his daughter Maeve decides to help him find the young woman. The search leads father and daughter into dangerous waters as one poor Mexican boy’s wish to learn to surf ignites a fearsome feud.

I enjoyed the book and liked Liffey’s intelligence, wisdom and compassion. Here’s a character that’s hard not to like.

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