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Killer Swell

Killer Swell, June 2005
A Noah Braddock Mystery
by Jeff Shelby

Dutton
Featuring: Noah Braddock; Marilyn Crier
304 pages
ISBN: 0525948805
Hardcover
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"Totally groovy surfer dude stands out as a unique P.I."

Fresh Fiction Review

Killer Swell
Jeff Shelby

Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Posted June 17, 2005

Mystery Private Eye

Noah Braddock considers himself a surfer first and a P.I. second, taking on cases to pay the bills. But the job becomes personal when Marilyn Crier hires Noah to find her missing daughter, Kate -- who just happens to be his high- school sweetheart. The couple was broken apart by her parents, who now reluctantly come to Noah for help. Noah finds Kate, but he's too late to save her and the missing- persons case turns into a murder investigation. As he discovers more about Kate's past, he finds that the golden girl he knew had become a troubled young woman. Haunted by "what ifs" and "might have beens," Noah will risk his own life to unravel the mystery behind Kate's final days and bring her killer to justice.

This surfer dude has more in common with Spenser than Spicolli -- smart, tough and a closet romantic beneath a wise-guy exterior. Hanging out with an assortment of unsavory and colorful characters, involved in a rocky relationship, surfing off the coast of San Diego to relax, Noah stands out amid the dozens of other P.I. stories on bookshelves today. I'm eagerly looking forward to his next adventure.

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SUMMARY

Surfing and murder come together in this dazzling debut mystery series featuring San Diego private investigator Noah Braddock.

"Marilyn Crier peered in the window, and I knew the past was about to kick me in the ass."

When Marilyn Crier calls surfer-cum-private investigator Noah Braddock, she doesn’t mention that she hasn’t seen him in more than a decade or that she’d despised him when he dated her daughter, Kate, in high school. She does, however, mention that Kate is missing and she wants Noah to find her. . . .

And so begins Killer Swell, the first book in a new mystery series featuring private investigator/surfer Noah Braddock. Author Jeff Shelby knows the surfing world and how to create a wonderfully authentic, vividly alive sense of place. Most of all, he knows how to create a memorable new hero: a man who is sometimes brash, often funny, always strong, and honorable.


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