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TWO DOWN
by Nero Blanc
Berkley Prime Crime, July 2000
292 pages
$13.00
ISBN: 0425175103


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Summertime on Cape Cod. Jamaica Nevisson. soap opera diva, is visiting her friends, Genie and Tom Pepper. Tom is an investment counselor, who promises high return on investment from his G.O.L.D. fund. Jamaica has come to the Cape to sulk. She is aging and Hollywood has no patience with 40 somethings.

Genie and Jamaica are to go sailing the next day, while Tom goes off to his lodge in Maine. Their boat is being overhauled, so Genie has rented a yacht from a local boatyard. But tonight they are going to a party at the home of the local grande dame. Roscoe Polycrates, PI and ex cop is going with his beloved, Annabelle Graham, the editor of the crossword puzzle section of the local newspaper.

The next day, the two women go sailing, but within a very short time, the boat is found, burned to the waterline. The inflatable dinghy is missing, as are Jamaica and Genie. Tom hires Roscoe to investigate and find out if the women are alive or dead. Strange crossword puzzles start arriving which contain clues to the crime

This book is a fast read but every time one of the puzzles arrives, the story stops moving forward. The six puzzles are included in the appropriate places in the text, and they are really unnecessary. They're on the level of the ones in the back of the TV GUIDE. There are 3 titles in this series. Nero Blanc is the pseudonym for Cordelia Frances Biddle and Steve Zettler who have a crossword puzzle net site.

Reviewed by Barbara Franchi, September 2001

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