MYSTERY

The Antiquities Hunter

Pegasus Crime. (Gina Miyoko, Bk. 1). Oct. 2018. 304p. ISBN 9781681778570. $25.95; ebk. ISBN 9781681779225. M
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OrangeReviewStarGina Miyoko was a police officer for three years before she became a private investigator. She's sure she can find the man stalking her best friend, Rose Delgado. She does, but Cruz Veras is more than a journalist trying to write a story about Rose. He's also an archaeologist in Mexico who knows that Rose, who works for the National Park Service, is scheduled to testify in a case involving stolen antiquities. When Rose is put out of commission, despite Gina's best efforts, Gina goes undercover in place of her friend. With the blessing of Rose's boss, Gina and Cruz head to Mexico, where she will pose as the wealthy girlfriend of a collector and he will act as her bodyguard. Gina counts on the lucky pieces from her Japanese father and Russian mother, but whom can she trust on an expedition into the jungles in search of stolen artifacts?
VERDICT Star Wars novel coauthor Bohnhoff (The Last Jedi) pens an action-packed debut mystery straight out of Romancing the Stone or an Indiana Jones adventure. The sexual tension sparks between Gina and Cruz, two well-developed, intriguing characters. Readers of Gigi Pandian's "Jaya Jones" mysteries, or, the gold standard, Elizabeth Peters's mysteries, will relish this fast-paced book.
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