Dirty Harriet Rides Again

My bookmark just skipped through DIRTY HARRIET RIDES AGAIN, by Miriam Auerbach. Don't let the publisher (Harlequin's NeXt line, for older women) fool you; this is a light, fun mystery. Harriet Horowitz is an unconventional private eye in Boca Raton, Florida. She lives in the Everglades, and her closest companion is an alligator named Lana. Harriet's called in to investigate when the minister who's about to lead her friends' commitment ceremony is killed. Riding her Harley Davidson, Harriet (who got her nickname when she shot her abusive husband) searches for clues against a background of money and glitz. Neil Plakcy, author of Mahu Surfer: A Hawaiian Mystery (An Alyson Mystery)

In southern Florida everyone assumed that Harriet Horowitz lived a great life as a wealthy socialite attending all the top parties of the rich and famous. That impression changed in an instant when unable to take her spouse's abuse any longer, Harriet shot and killed her husband in front of 500 witnesses. She was acquitted though the media dubbed her DIRTY HARRIET. Now she is a single private eye, who rides a motorcycle in the Everglades where she lives. The former Boca Raton babe attends the wedding of her two best friends, but someone kills the minister. She assumes it is a gay bashing incident since the bride and groom are males. The police suspect members of the Holy Rollers Motorcycle Club and Gospel Choir, but Harriet thinks otherwise. When a rabbi is murdered, her Israeli martial arts instructor, Lior Ben Yehuda becomes the prime suspect. DIRTY HARRIET knows the source of her lust would not have killed the religious leaders so she investigates. Zany and definitely over the top, readers will welcome the exploits of Dirty Harriet as she rides the Everglades and the urban jungles of Southeastern Florida seeking to prove her friends and her fantasy lover are innocent. The story line is fast-paced and very amusing as Harriet's latest capers star a horde of eccentrics who make for a fun humorous jaunt. Harriet Klausner