IR VERDICT:
When a womanizing real estate agent living in a mobile home park goes AWOL in the underbelly of Southern California, a team of astute homicide detectives led by a shrewd black amazon probe what at first glance seems a humdrum missing person’s case, only to learn protagonist Arthur Flynn’s disappearance at a family-friendly fishing camp and his involvement in a love triangle with a money launderer opens up a can of worms and an epic police raid no one saw coming. Told in matter-of-fact investigator speak, Pat Muir’s WHAT HAPPENED TO FLYNN is weaved with remarkable plot twists and slick perpetrators who unsuccessfully hide evidence of their crimes. Themes of greed and sickness will keep suspense lovers who enjoy a good crime story intrigued and eager for answers.