The Hooker, the Dancer, and the Nun: A Pine Island Mystery.

• Author: Shaw, Marcy L.
• Position: Book review

The Hooker, the Dancer, and the Nun: A Pine Island Mystery

by John D. Mills

Reviewed by Marcy L. Shaw

Three young women, all with distinctly different personalities, meet in college in 1995. Lacy Turner, nicknamed "the hooker" because of her love for fishing, Susan Kelly, of privileged upbringing, nicknamed "the dancer" because of her love for dancing at the many parties she would attend, and Patricia Hendricks, nicknamed "the nun" due to her strong faith and will to keep her virginity throughout high school and her college years. At the University of Florida in Gainesville, the readers are introduced to the three characters and their very diverse lifestyles.

Flash forward 20 years to courtroom 6B of the Lee County Courthouse in Ft. Myers. Lacy Turner is before the court accused of the gruesome murder of her friend, Susan Kelly, in addition to the disappearance of Patricia Hendricks. What was supposed to be a relaxing girls' weekend on a houseboat in the Gulf of Mexico turns out to be a nightmare of epic proportions. The highly experienced and witty prosecutor, Frank Powers, is determined to raise his 92 percent conviction rate against Lacy's friend and defense attorney, Amanda Blayne, who had previously been discredited in the Miami legal community due to her illicit affair with her married supervisor at the U.S. Attorney's Of fice. Frank...