cover image False Profit: 2a Marston/Cantini Mystery

False Profit: 2a Marston/Cantini Mystery

Robert Eversz. Penguin Books, $4.5 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-012085-1

Corporate investigator Paul Marston and his partner-cum-girlfriend search for the killer who boiled a sleazy investment broker in his L.A. hot tub and made off with $5 million. ``Though some may find its style derivative, its humor bordering on corn, this sequel to Eversz's The Bottom Line Is Murder again provides a likable investigating team caught up in a sexy and satisfying puzzle,'' stated PW . (Jan.)