Mexican Booty: A Lucy Ripken Mystery

Once again the sharp tongued, sharp witted Lucy Ripken gets to the bottom of the mystery with her unique blend of personal flare and nosiness. Stumbling upon forged artworks at her photo shoot, Luce chases the mystery across the Southwestern US and into Mexico. Lucy Ripken's fun-to-read adventures are filled lush and vividly detailed locations (no doubt inspired by Henderson's travel writings) and peppered with colorful secondary characters, but the real cornerstone is Luce herself. A plucky, strong-willed modern heroine with a realist job and personality, Lucy is immediately likeable and easy to identify with.