Trouble in Paradise

By Cathy Pearson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978846311
• ISBN13: 9780978846312
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: White Dog Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Cathy Pearson lives the total creative life of an entrepreneur, painter, and author.

Cathy Pearson lives the total creative life of an entrepreneur, painter, and author. She currently resides in Centerville, Ohio with her husband and dogs. Her paintings have garnered raves and she has been named one of the "The Best in America-2006." Cassie Grimes and her husband have reached a financial impasse, thanks to corporate downsizing and irregular revenue from Cassie's business. They own a condo in Ft. Myers, Florida, where Cassie also has a best friend named Sherrie Morgan. Sherrie is married to a much older "goat," and years of moral compromise have caused a suicidal depression. Cassie jumps into her car with her two playful Bichons to come to the rescue. She meets her husband, Gene, at the condo. A dinner date with Sherrie and her husband Dave produces Sherrie, but no Dave. When he turns out to be missing, police assume the worst and arrest Sherrie. Enter Cassie, private eye. One dead body and several near misses convince Cassie to enlist the aid of her former beau, Jim Stillman; two elderly neighbors, Gladys and Madeline, and Sherrie's sedate lawyer, Arthur. Let the games begin as Cassie begins to uncover the mystery: "Tom Walters roared as he grabbed one of the guest chairs and raised it over his head. He charged toward the door where Stillman was still slouched as I screamed, 'Noo! Jim!' I saw Stillman lift an eyebrow before he dived into a forward roll beneath the chairs' descent and kicked upward into Walters' outstretched body. The chair fell harmlessly to the floor and Walters collapsed, gasping for breath. As he rose, Stillman grabbed Tom's right arm, twisting it behind his back. He pulled him from the floor and shoved him into the wall with enough force to dislodge a large Impressionist print framed in gold." Cassie is a wise-cracking but good-hearted woman who is trying to help a friend. For her part, Sherrie is a gold-digging, foul-mouthed bimbo who probably deserved what she got. Cassie's husband, Gene, serves as her protector and sounding board. The interplay between him and Jim Stillman becomes a "guys club" as they constantly pull Cassie out of the scrapes she gets into. Still, TROUBLE IN PARADISE is a rollicking good time with the backdrop of the beauty that Florida has to offer to the reader. Pearson strikes just the right balance with this fun read. Shelley Glodowski Senior Reviewer