Review: The Splintered Paddle by Mark Troy

A Mysterious Review of The Splintered Paddle by Mark Troy. An Ava Rome Mystery.

Review summary: This crime novel features a good, solidly developed storyline but one that isn't helped by its oddly executed and overly complicated narrative structure, and features a generally smart lead character, but one who acts and reacts far too emotionally and is hard to make a connection with. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Splintered Paddle
Mark Troy
An Ava Rome Mystery
Five Star (June 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Waikiki, Hawaii. Golden sunshine. Waving palm trees. Sparkling blue water.

Private eye Ava Rome's calling is to protect the defenseless. She takes on the cases of Jenny Mordan, a working girl who is being harassed by a police detective, and Cassie Sands, a teenager who is mixed up with a marijuana grower.

Norman Traxler did ten years in San Quentin nurturing his hatred of Ava Rome, the young MP who took him down for assaulting a prostitute.

When Traxler, the detective and the grower join forces against her, Ava's calling, protecting the defenseless, becomes a fight for her life.

Waikiki, Hawaii. Dark clouds of revenge. Twisted motives. A bloody finale.