Sex In A Sidecar (Sherri Travis Mysteries, #2) (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Sherri is a bartender and loves what she does, meeting new people and making friends. A hurricane has Florida in its sights when the book first begins. A customer, Gina is obsessed with finding her sisters murderer and she believes the Sunset, where Sheri works holds a possible clue to the identity to the murderer. As Sheri prepares to close down, she discovers her keys are missing. Gina gives her a ride but heads in the opposite direction from safety, choosing instead to return to the house her sister died in. Sheri and Gina get separated and Sheri once again is stranded without keys or a vehicle. Another body is found but the police aren't convinced it is a murder, choosing instead to consider her a victim of the hurricane. Sheri isn't convinced and starts to investigate. I enjoyed the book but thought her first book was better. This is the second book in the bartender/sleuth Sherri Travis series, -each book being named after a cocktail. Sherri invented this new cocktail while nervously awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Myrna to hit the coast of Florida, afraid of the havoc the storm could create for the inhabitants and businesses of her island community. This book was even more fun to read fun than the first. Phyllis Smallman's dialogue crackles with sarcasm and dry wit, and she is not afraid to poke fun at the rich and famous who frequent Florida's gated communities and country clubs. The plot motors quickly along, picking up speed and creating tension. There is no shortage of suspects for several murders that occur, and Sherri finds herself in harm's way on more than one occasion. Sherri is no shrinking violet and can hold her own with drunks and uppity, rich females who spend their time seducing pool boys and recovering from plastic surgery, to maintain their frozen, cold faces. Ouch! I will definitely be back for another round when Sherri reopens the Sunset Bar after the renovations are completed, due to hurricane damage. Book 3 should provide more laughs, additional skewering of the seamier side of the rich and famous, and not-so-rich, who frequent the sunny coasts of Florida. Throw in a few murders to solve, and it will be time to enjoy one of Sherri's concoctions, and enjoy the show!
What do You think about Sex In A Sidecar (Sherri Travis Mysteries, #2) (2009)?
As a hurricane bears down on Jacaranda, Sherri becomes involved in murder. Fun read.
—Gene
Another really good Sherri Travis Mystery. I am really liking her books.
—Rachel
