[Hugh Rennert 04] • Murder on the Tropic

An American customs agent looks into a murder in Mexico as a hurricane bears down on the tropical landscape in this "first-rate" mystery ( Kirkus Reviews ).

US Customs Service agent and amateur sleuth Hugh Rennert has been invited to Hacienda Flores, an isolated mountain retreat in Mexico. A consortium of Texas investors with an interest in the place have asked him to investigate a murder that could be bad for business . . .

But confronting a killer isn't the only danger Rennert faces as an epic storm approaches in this mystery filled with twists and turns that, according to the New York Times Book Review , are "guaranteed to keep the reader interested and greatly puzzled."