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The Smuggler's Daughter Paperback – June 18, 2020

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Ray Slaverson, a world-weary Florida police detective, has his hands full with the murders of two attorneys and a third suspicious death, all within twenty-four hours. Ray doesn’t believe in coincidences, but he can’t find a single link between the dead men, and he and his partner soon smash into an investigative stonewall. Kate Garcia, Ray’s fiancée, knows more than she should. She helped one of the dead attorneys, just hours before he took a bullet to the head, study an old newspaper in the library where she works. Kate might be the only person still alive who knows what he was digging up—except for his killer.When Kate starts trying to discover what’s behind the murders, she turns up disturbing links between the three dead men that track back to her family’s troubled past. But she has plenty of reasons to keep her mouth shut. Her discovery unleashes a cat-and-mouse game that threatens to sink her and those she loves in a high tide of danger.

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310 pages
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Publication date

June 18, 2020
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6 x 0.78 x 9 inches
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1948051516
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978-1948051514
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"This no-holds-barred, tell-Florida-like-it-is tale is as rich as buttery lobster. Brilliantly drawn characters, totally believable dialogue, suspense until the very end: You'll be glad you read The Smuggler's Daughter, even if it gave you the shivers." ~ Southern Literary Review's September Read of the Month

"Though I've long been a fan of Claire Matturro, her latest blew me away. Her lyrical depictions of the Gulf Coast landscape, the densely layered story where the intertwining of past and present creates a resonance that only our best novelists achieve, the narrative that is at once, scary, gripping, moving, and populated by unforgettable characters, combine to makeSmuggler's Daughter as good a novel as I've read in years." ~ James W. Hall, Edgar and Shamus winning author.

"The Smuggler's Daughter is an intoxicating and pulsating thriller that I literally couldn't put down. With rich and unforgettable characters, a complex and twisty plot and an authentic Gulf Coast setting that has you tasting the salt air, Claire Matturro has crafted a story that will keep you up into the wee hours of the night and leave you sad that it's over when you reach the final page." ~-Robert Bailey, bestselling author of the McMurtrie & Drake Legal Thrillers series and Bocephus Haynes series

"In her newest work, Matturro shows off her literary chops in descriptions that are at once gritty and ruthlessly descriptive of Florida's Gulf Coast at various times and places, while at the same time, she shows us the interior struggles and ambivalence of character after character. Readers will not want to put this book down." ~Tallahassee Democrat

"THE SMUGGLER'S DAUGHTER pulls you in and under, revealing a time and place both familiar and remarkable. Coastal Florida, unique and dangerous, is one of the stars of Claire Matturro's complex and thrilling mystery. The story is an environmental mystery wrapped tightly in a distinct narrative and a landscape of unforgettable characters. The stakes are high, for all involved, but most especially for the Florida eco-system. Once I started the book I couldn't put it down." --USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Haines

"The Smuggler's Daughteris a searing and salty novel that thrills and entertains while exploring the coldblooded and ruthless crimes so prevalent in Florida's often sordid past. Crime fiction has long taken a hard look at society's moral code and in her latest offering, Claire Matturro delivers a tale that remains true to the highest standards of the genre." --Gale Massey, award-winning author of The Girl From Blind River.

"A tale with as many gnarled twists as a tide-swept Florida mangrove thicket. Claire Matturro spins the gripping, character-rich story of Kate Garcia, all the way from her shell-road youth to a tangle of bodies and motivations, where just one of the victims threatened might be the state's fragile environment."--Russ Hall, award-winning author of the Al Quinn Texas mystery series.

"Matturro wastes no time plunging librarian Kate Garcia into a world of conflicting loyalties and multiple murders. Smuggler's Daughter clutches you like a riptide and doesn't let go until the last devastating family secret is revealed and the last bullet is fired in a Florida waterfront setting so authentic you can smell the salt and danger in the air."--Donna Meredith, Associate Editor of Southern Literary Review and author of Buried Seeds.

"I'm a sucker for old Florida locales and there's plenty to be had in The Smuggler's Daughter. You smell the salt and feel the humidity in this Gulf coast hodge-podge of hardscrabble fishermen, ruthless pot smugglers, environmental activists, murdered lawyers, and past-meets-present. Matturro delivers one hell of a coldblooded tale played out in the Florida heat." --Andrew Nance, author of Red Canvas.*

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Red Adept Publishing (June 18, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 310 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1948051516
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1948051514
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.78 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,484,661 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Award-winning author Claire Hamner Matturro has been a newspaper reporter, a lawyer, and taught at Florida State University College of Law and as a visiting professor of legal writing at the University of Oregon School of Law. But her love of storytelling trumped the legal world, and Claire turned to writing fiction. Her books are: Skinny-Dipping (a BookSense pick, Romantic Times’ Best First Mystery, and nominated for a Barry Award); Wildcat Wine (nominated for a Georgia Writer of the Year Award); Bone Valley and Sweetheart Deal (winner of Romantic Times’ Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery), all published by HarperCollins Publishing, and Trouble in Tallahassee (KaliOka Press 2017). She took a turn to the dark side with Privilege (Moonshine Cove 2019), a legal thriller noir. With The Smuggler's Daughter (Red Adept Publishing 2020), she returns to the Gulf Coast of Florida she knows so well to present a classic mystery/police procedural. Her newest is written with co-author Penny Koepsel, Wayward Girls (Red Adept Publishing Aug. 2021). Claire remains active in writers’ groups and regularly contributes to Southern Literary Review, where she is an assistant editor, and at Compulsive Reader, and Alabama Writers Forum. Visit her at www.clairematturro.com

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Daniel McNicol

Real Florida fiction.

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020

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Although crime novels and murder mysteries are not usually on my reading list, I found The Smuggler's Daughter intriguing and entertaining. Having lived on the west coast of Florida for the last sixty years I recognize the authenticity that the author brings to this story set in that time and place. Stories of fishing communities and fishing families caught in conditions of generational semi-poverty who finally see an opportunity to realize a more fair return on their investments and enter the drug smuggling trade were often circulating and in the news. Claire Matturro uses her considerable storytelling skills and intimate knowledge of a unique setting to create a thoroughly readable and enjoyable work of fiction.

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LIZ

Fun read

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2020

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This book has lots of characters and a convoluted plot. The ending is great. Be prepared to not stop reading once you start.

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George J. Flynn

A different story.

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021

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The story is complex and as s reader, I was not sure where the story was going. At the end you there is some bief

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SYTanner

Opens with a one-two punch that will send readers scrambling to connect the dots

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020

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The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro opens with a one-two punch that will send readers scrambling to connect the dots between three murders. Ms. Matturro has crafted a complex and intriguing story peopled with characters who are altogether believable and whose choices will linger with you after the story ends. The threads of the story begin when teen-aged Kitty, struggling to survive in a harsh world, slips into events she can’t even begin to realize are life choices. The consequences impact every aspect of grown-up Kate’s life, particularly her relationship with police detective lover, Ray, who wants very much to be her fiancé. Ray has no idea what he’ll unravel when he tugs at the threads of the past. But Kate knows and finds herself in a race with the law, and her lover, to uncover—or hide—the dangerous truths that haunt her.

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FDR

Enthralling

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020

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I liked the plot and characters, even the crooked ones. Pacing was quite good though the ending broke my heart.

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021

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The tale starts off with an even measured pace, drops back to develop back story then races toward the heart-stopping finish. The author has produced a gem of a crime novel while painting with broad strokes, the beauty and charm of the Florida Gulf coast. The region’s past as a favorite off loading locale for the Colombian cartels is well known, but her portrayal of the process is as believable as a State’s witness’s account. Kate, her protagonist, is a no-foolin’ strong female lead with an attitude and a strong sense of self-preservation. You’re going to enjoy this one.

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Robert Howard

A gripping story

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020

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This is probably Claire's best book yet. The tale has many layers that will keep you reading until the final sordid detail has unfolded.

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020

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It's no surprise Southern Literary Review has Claire Hamner Matturro's “The Smuggler's Daughter” has its September Read of the Month.

I'll admit it; I don't read many mysteries. But this worked for me, because of the characters, research, and description.

Reviews usually mention the major but forget the minor characters. There's no doubt that Kate (Kitty), Keith (Nicky), CeCe, Ray could have been people met before, but the little touches of the others bring them to life (example Kitty's mother's “Ivory soap scent”).

The research is undeniable, big and small. Claire Matturro (former lawyer) and her brother (former law enforcement officer) fine-toothed combed that.

I wallow in good description like a hog does mud. (Okay, too much about me.) This makes my heart sing: “The river itself brushed against the banks with an almost imperceptible sound of blood pumping through an artery.”

A read for any month, get “The Smuggler's Daughter” and enjoy.

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