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Bloody Palms (Deets Shanahan Mysteries)

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Ron Tierney's latest book in the unbeatable Deets Shanahan series may well be the best one yet, but committed Deets fans (and we are many) have a hard time picking favorites. It would be sort of like saying you like one child better than another.

Deets, though, is back in full curmudgeonly force, aided and abetted by the regulars we've gotten to know and love: Howie the P.I., Kowalski the motorcycle-riding lawyer, Harry the bartender, Einstein the cat and Casey the dog - and most importantly, girlfriend Maureen who keeps Deets young and readers chuckling. Bloody Palms also reintroduces us to the wonderful, worldly-wise 5-year-old Maya, who may or may not be Howie's daughter by the sexy but no-good Margot. Wise and wise-cracking, down but never out for the count, the cast of characters is in top form for this new release.

Shanahan fans are treated to a classic Tierney double mystery in Bloody Palms, with bad guys taking pot shots at Howie in Indianapolis and at our hero in Puerto Vallarta, through a fast-paced search for justice. International conspiracies, Homeland Security, corporate greed and intrigue, it's all there, and it's all high drama.

Tierney introduced Deets to the fortunate reading world in The Stone Veil, published in 1990 and still available. Our hero has aged (though not as fast as some of his followers) and his friends and acquaintances have grown in number and in character development through this series Booklist proclaims "deserves more kudos." If you're just now meeting Shanahan, you have the happy opportunity to begin with The Stone Veil and read your way straight through, as has happened with other friends to whom I've introduced him. The rest of us are now just waiting impatiently for Deets' next adventure.