February 12, 2021
A Review by Anthony T. Riggio of the book: “Miami Burn” by John D. Patten
For me, this book was of an escape genre; a fast paced reading between other books that do not required a willingness to allow a suspension of reality and allow the entertainment factor to be cut loose. This was a read that was a refreshing change of pace in my usual readings of history or historical fiction
This was an action packed story of public corruption, family lies and dysfunction that will leave the reader breathless and a wanting to turn the pages as fast as they can read.
It is the story of a happenstance private investigator recommended to a wealthy mother, by an active FBI Agent who worked a part of the case of interest but to no resolve. Full disclosure, I am a retired FBI Agent who loves FBI stories, especially if they portray a story of sufficient complexity and has a plausible ending.
This faux private investigator is a former cop who was fired from his police department and then sent to a Federal Prison for a crime he did not commit and now finds himself in a purposeless world and seeking fulfillment of a not too honorable goal, an intended murder he wants to commit.
He is known only as Titus, no last name. When a wealthy and attractive woman contacts him at his place of employment, a local neighborhood bar and restaurant and tries to hire him to investigate and locate her daughter who, she says has entered into an unacceptable life style with near do well boy friend.
When Titus finally decides on taking on this case, he encounters, for the second time, a very attractive Hispanic police department detective who had previously got his attention when she was in uniform and stopped him for a minor traffic violation. During Titus' trying to understand certain aspects of this seemingly complex situation he contacts her and she steers him to a neighborhood “street” preacher who is intent to finding the good in people on the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder. Both the preacher and Titus find commonality in their existence and become friends and allies.
The case takes on intriguing proportions and there is a lot of physical and armed conflict that will keep the reader on edge. The solution to the investigation takes on an old black and white detective movie theme where the detective unwraps the final story of the missing daughter and the wealthy woman and her husband.
This was a fun and entertaining read and consequently since it involved the FBI, I gave it five stars and recommend its reading by anyone who loved the old Sam Spade and other seemingly impossible type mysteries.
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