This is my first Hetta Coffey Mystery and won't be the last! I read Jinx Schwartyz' Land of Mountains before giving it to a granddaughter and absolutely loved it. It was semi-autobiographical. I don't think this is, but it certainly could be, if the child in the earlier book grew up to get involv...
This was another delightful romp with Hetta Coffey the woman who's never short of a word to say, especially in argument. A working trip to Mexico on her beloved boat-now her home-Hetta encounters the bad guys who have a plot to pollute the sea with fresh water and to upset her friend Lonesome the...
Setting the security system, I made a mental note not to open any doors or windows during the night lest I scare the crap out of myself with a raucous alarm. Flipping on the TV I learned that little had changed in the five months I’d been without television. Threats of gan...
A product of Houston’s fifth ward and the daughter of a black, second generation welfare mom, Ms. Cuthbert came up hard, as we say back home. A prosecutor with political ambitions, she possesses the body of a gymnast, the beauty of a model, the professional scrappiness of an alley cat, and a poli...
Brownell Jenks lifted the lid on the propane grill, waved the smoke clear, and then poked the chicken breasts. “Two minutes.” “Aye, aye, sir.” Hetta went inside, filled two plates with rice and spinach, and returned to the aft deck for an early evening dinner al fresco. ...
Po Thang, always ready for his close up, grinned and drooled for us and we clicked off even more great shots of boats in the background. I was making a video surely destined for National Geographic when a sudden movement under the clear water caught my eye. I zeroed in jus...
Not in the best of moods after being rebuffed and called nuts all morning, she snatched up the phone and growled, “Hetta’s Hell.” I stuck my tongue out at her and continued working on my computer until I heard her coo, “So, Captain Fabio, you are available?” &n...
"Permission to come aboard, Captain Coffey?" I gave the cabin a once-over, searching for evidence that Rosario was about, but decided to take no chances. Climbing the stairs to the sundeck, I leaned over the rail. "Come on up, Safety. Jan and I were just going to sit outside and have a lemonade."...