Insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol is back and
working on her most intriguing case to date. Mysterious
hottie Jagger brings her in on a case he's also working on,
investigating an air and land ambulance company. The
company has recently come under new management and since
the creepy twins, Payne and Pansy Sterling, took over, the
company has been seeing amazing profits. Suspecting billing
fraud, Pauline draws on her past career of nursing to go
undercover. The only glitch in the plan is that Pauline has
a fear of flying.
It isn't long before Pauline discovers the evidence she
needs to close the case. When confronted by a knife-
wielding Payne, Pauline manages to get away, but without
the incriminating paperwork. She and Jagger return to the
office and discover Payne with a knife in his chest and the
papers missing. There's no shortage of suspects: burned-out
paramedic ER Dano, helicopter pilot Sky, accident-prone
newbie Buzz, and of course, Payne's twin Pansy, whose grief
seems a bit false to Pauline. Pansy is removed from the
suspect list when she, too, ends up with a knife in her
chest after Payne's funeral. Now Pauline has to find a
killer in addition to the missing evidence before the
killer makes his move on her!
DEAD ON ARRIVAL by Lori Avocato is Pauline Sokol at
her finest. The action is fast-paced, the mystery element
suspenseful and tautly written and the cast of supporting
characters refreshingly fun. Pauline's mom is still worried
about her unmarried daughter and encourages the wearing of
thongs on her dates, Jagger is gloriously sexy and as
mysterious as ever, and Miles and Goldie are the greatest
best friends in the written world. Add to the mix the
surly, sexy ER Dano and readers are in for a treat. I read
this one in an afternoon!
Normally, insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes
to keep her feet firmly on the ground. But her latest
undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse flying
high—as she takes off to ground a land-and-air ambulance
company that's been doing some rather flighty billing. Even
having ER Dano, the company's best (and hottest!)
paramedic, in the copter seat next to her isn't enough to
soothe her queasy tummy.
But her insides really start doing loop-de-loops when one
of the company's owners is brutally murdered—and Pauline
starts receiving creepy phone calls . . . from the killer!
Suddenly the air looks a lot safer than the ground. And if
Pauline doesn't crack this case soon, even mouth-to-mouth
from her favorite paramedic won't be enough to revive her.
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