Dirty Harriet born Harriet Horowitz, lived the typical glamorous life of a Boca Babe. She married the perfect husband, and spent her days spending his money. As Harriet’s husband became more successful, he became physically abusive. Finally, when her husband started beating her in front of 500 people at a wedding reception, Harriet reached inside his jacket, and enlisted the law firm of Smith and Wesson to divorce her husband. With the shooting deemed self-defense, the new widow vowed to change her life. She sold everything she owned to pay off the debts they accumulated and used the remaining money to buy a Harley, and a house in the middle of the Everglades. Now she runs a detective agency specializing in busting scams. Then one day, an old friend from her Boca Babe days brings her a sad case involving a dead migrant farm worker and now Harriet finds herself revisiting places and people from her past – ones that she would have been happy never to see again.
I found this book while scanning for the new Blazes. Any book named after Clint Eastwood's famous movie character definitely had potential, so I decided to read my first Next. This book is definitely chick-lit and not a romance novel. Miriam presents the reader with a complex mystery and gives you enough clues so that you can work with the heroine to solve the mystery. Written in first person, this book was a really good read. The ending was particularly satisfying. I guess I need to spend some more time scanning the Next books to see if I can find some other gems like this one.
Details: Next, April 2006
Bottom line: A great book
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