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Retired reporter Truman Kicklighter, flushed with the success of his first adventure (
Lickety-Split), once again breaks out of the Fountain of Youth Residential Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. Almost immediately he finds himself up to his neck in hot water as he and a young woman who works at the rest home track down a used car scam that soon becomes deadly. Blessedly, there's nothing cute about Kathy Trocheck's creation-here is a senior citizen who is as crotchety as he is smart.
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From Library Journal
Retired journalist Truman Kicklighter, who lives in St. Petersburg's Fountain of Youth Residential Hotel, revs up his investigative abilities when a sleazy (but nice-looking) used-car salesman unloads a lemon on his good friend Jackie. When Jackie complains, strange things happen: someone steals the car, and the salesman winds up dead. Although warned away, Kicklighter goes undercover, gathering evidence of insurance fraud and murder. Although the book is set in Florida heat and Highway 19 congestion, Trocheck (Heart Trouble, HarperCollins, 1996) keeps readers cool with lively wit, memorable characters, and cutting prose. A great read.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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