Mary Trueblood is the great-granddaughter of Matthew
Kriegel, finance director for the defunct Florida East
Coast Railway. Kriegel held this position when Henry
Flagler built his railroad through the Florida Keys. It
took Henry six years to build it, but it took a 1935
hurricane about 60 seconds to destroy it. Kriegel never
made it out of the Keys with the 10 boxes of gold he was
trying to move to Miami before the hurricane hit. Recently,
Mary found information that makes her believe the gold is
still buried somewhere in Islamarada.
After hiring one pair of private investigators who
disappeared with her information and money, Mary has now
hired James Lessor and Skip Moore of More or Less
Investigations. James and Skip are charming young con men
who do private investigating on the side. Neither have jobs
worthy of their college degrees because they did more
partying than studying in school, and they aren't very
qualified to do anything.
As James and Skip begin their investigation, they find
themselves in one predicament after another. Sometimes
their answer to one problem just causes more problems for
them. James is taken to the police station for questing on
suspicion of a murder. And someone seems to be tracking
their every move. One of their nighttime antics leads them
to discover people with suitcases getting off a boat and
checking into a motel at 3:30 AM, then checking out of the
motel at 11:00 PM that evening. Strange happenings indeed!
When Skip gets his girlfriend involved in the investigation
and a local real estate saleswoman discovers their real
purpose for being in the Keys, things get pretty whacky.
Add some wisdom from a 100-year-old native and you have a
riotous tale of mystery and intrigue. Will this
investigation ever turn up the missing boxes of gold?
TOO MUCH STUFF is the fifth book in Don Bruns' Stuff
series. His characters are charming but zany and the action
is nonstop. This is a delightful story filled with
mysterious adventures that are probably not too far from
being the norm for the Florida Keys. Not only will you get
enjoyment from reading this story, but a good history
lesson as well. This one is worth your time!
A 1935 hurricane in the Florida Keys destroyed the East
Coast Railway, killed 500 people and blew away the
town of Islamorada. Lost in that storm was Mathew Kriegel, a
finance director for the railroad, and one and a quarter
million dollars in gold.
Now newly minted private investigators Skip More and James
Lessor, of More Or Less Investigations have been hired to
find that lost treasure. Fighting off competitors, scuba
diving, digging in a spooky cemetery and almost getting
killed is only part of their job. Skip and James have
stumbled onto the biggest most dangerous adventure of their
lives.
I love the Florida Keys and visit there as often as I can. Key West especially. Would love to win and read this book! (Joyce Kernan 11:04am November 21, 2011)
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