Broughton J. "Bruff" 'Brannon, IV has no experience as a private investigator when his namesake uncle dies and leaves him the Fan Detective Agency in Richmond, Virginia. The offers he receives to sell the business tempt him to cash in his inheritance and join the business of his friend, Hobie Pickett. But curiosity gets the better of Brannon and he speaks to the Mizelles, an elderly couple his uncle was enroute to visit when a truck rammed the car, killing him. Betty Ann Mizelle, the couple's daughter, also died ...
Broughton J. "Bruff" 'Brannon, IV has no experience as a private investigator when his namesake uncle dies and leaves him the Fan Detective Agency in Richmond, Virginia. The offers he receives to sell the business tempt him to cash in his inheritance and join the business of his friend, Hobie Pickett. But curiosity gets the better of Brannon and he speaks to the Mizelles, an elderly couple his uncle was enroute to visit when a truck rammed the car, killing him. Betty Ann Mizelle, the couple's daughter, also died in a car wreck. Twenty years in the past, she drowned in Chesapeake Bay while a passenger in Virginia Senator Mike Fitzhugh's car. The Mizelles want Brannon to pursue new information from their neighbor, Hank Sauer. Despite doubting his abilities, Brannon reopens the notorious case. [Cover art Dirk A. Wolf]
This is a very good novel with an interesting set of characters. Clearly this is a debut novel of a series and as such, sets the background of a number of characters. Bruff is an extremely familiar figure by the end of the work, plagued with plenty of human frailties and strengths that bring the character alive. At the same time, most of the minor characters are equally complex and one hopes that someone is actively working on the 'Hushboy' situation depicted in the novel.
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