She is sure there is something shady going on at the family company, Sutherland Smokes. Dick is asked for help by a woman he's helped before, Celine Sutherland. This is the first in the series of Damien Dickens books and we meet Damien (Dick) and Millie, a private investigator and his trusty secretary. I shamelessly begged Phyllis to allow me to listen to this book and the next one after reviewing her third book in the series, the Chocolate Ladradoodle Mystery. THE GREEN PEARL CAPER, set in the summer of 1979, is the first in a series of Damien Dickens mysteries. His quest takes him to several Atlantic City landmarks, inland to Everettville, a small New Jersey town, and north to Vermont, where he confronts Celine's killer. Only Celine’s younger sister, Susan, believes in his innocence.Īfter Susan bails him out of jail, Damien follows his gut and a series of clues in order to clear his name. Even Damien’s secretary has deserted him - gone to work for the Sutherlands. And the Sutherlands carry a lot of influence in Atlantic City. Sylvia Sutherland, Celine’s older sister and CEO of the family’s tobacco empire, insists that Dickens pulled the trigger. James Holmes found Damien’s gun and wallet near the crime scene, and discovered Celine's cash-filled, emerald-studded evening bag hidden in Damien’s apartment. Celine Sutherland is dead - her body half-hidden under the Atlantic City Boardwalk - and Damien Dickens, P.I.
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