Diver's Paradise
Apr 2020 · Oceanview Publishing
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Why do people close to Roscoe Conklin keep showing up dead—and on the paradise island of Bonaire?
After 25 years on the job, Detective Roscoe Conklin trades his badge for a pair of shorts and sandals and moves to Bonaire, a small island nestled in the southern Caribbean. But the warm water, palm trees, and sunsets are derailed when his long-time police-buddy and friend back home, is murdered.
Conklin dusts off a few markers and calls his old department, trolling for information. It's slow going. No surprise, there. After all, it's an active investigation, and his compadres back home aren't saying a damn thing.
He's 2,000 miles away, living in paradise. Does he really think he can help? They suggest he go to the beach and catch some rays.
For Conklin, it's not that simple. Outside looking in? Not him. Never has been. Never will be.
When a suspicious mishap lands his significant other, Arabella, in the hospital, the island police conduct, at best, a sluggish investigation, stonewalling progress. Conklin questions the evidence and challenges the department's methods. Something isn't right.
Arabella wasn't the intended target.
He was.
Perfect for fans of Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford and Robert B. Parker's Spencer
While the novels in the Roscoe Conklin Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Diver's Paradise
Paradise Cove
After 25 years on the job, Detective Roscoe Conklin trades his badge for a pair of shorts and sandals and moves to Bonaire, a small island nestled in the southern Caribbean. But the warm water, palm trees, and sunsets are derailed when his long-time police-buddy and friend back home, is murdered.
Conklin dusts off a few markers and calls his old department, trolling for information. It's slow going. No surprise, there. After all, it's an active investigation, and his compadres back home aren't saying a damn thing.
He's 2,000 miles away, living in paradise. Does he really think he can help? They suggest he go to the beach and catch some rays.
For Conklin, it's not that simple. Outside looking in? Not him. Never has been. Never will be.
When a suspicious mishap lands his significant other, Arabella, in the hospital, the island police conduct, at best, a sluggish investigation, stonewalling progress. Conklin questions the evidence and challenges the department's methods. Something isn't right.
Arabella wasn't the intended target.
He was.
Perfect for fans of Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford and Robert B. Parker's Spencer
While the novels in the Roscoe Conklin Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Diver's Paradise
Paradise Cove
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4.7
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April 7, 2020
Roscoe Conklin, retired Detective, has relocated to a small island in the Caribbean. But not all is paradise ... Roscoe's partner and best friend was murdered, along with his wife. . in the US. He's hoping his old friends still in the department will share a little of their investigation...but everyone is being very quiet. And when his lady friend, Arabella, lands in the hospital, he discovers that she wasn't the target .... he was. Who wanted his partner dead .. and who has their eyes on Roscoe? This is a well written thriller, filled with non-stop action, and memorable characters that are skillfully drawn. I loved the atmospheric background of surfing, swimming, diving amid the page-turning twists and turns. A little bit of romance, a little bit of humor makes this a winner. Diver’s Paradise is this author's debut novel. I look forward to see the next adventures of Roscoe. Many thanks to the author / Oceanview Publishing / Edelweiss / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
About the author
Davin Goodwin is a graduate of Arkansas State University and works in the technology industry. He has been a small business owner, a real estate investor, an aerial photographer, a flight instructor, a semi-professional banjo player, and—important to Diver's Paradise—a scuba diver, often seen on the island of Bonaire.Diver's Paradise is his debut novel and he intends to continue writing the Roscoe Conklin series, set in Bonaire. Goodwin lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife, Leslie.
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