Book description
Sun, sand...and suspicious circumstances.
Retirement was supposed to be easy for former NYPD Chief Maury Gross-good food, baseball, and maybe a little peace and quiet. But thanks to his spirited wife Bobbi and her taste for "vacations to die for," relaxation is the one thing that never makes the itinerary.
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Gerald Elias wrote a fine series on violinist-amateur-detective Daniel Jacobus, but his short stories are very often humorous, more helium than neon. In this collection he's created a man who's living the ideal life: retired, traveling all over with a devoted wife who's every bit as smart as he is, and sampling good food everywhere while solving crimes. Each story has ex-NYPD police Chief Maury Gross pressed into service by a local police department in places as far afield as Utah, Seattle, the Napa Valley, and New Orleans. Along with his wife Bobbi, he uses his formidable powers of deduction…
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