Collateral Damage: A Matt Royal Mystery

Front Cover
Oceanview Publishing, Jan 15, 2013 - Fiction - 360 pages
Best-Selling and Award-Winning Author



Four murders and a love affair--and all on the serenely beautiful island of Longboat Key



The quiet beauty of Longboat Key is shattered when a young groom is shot to death on the beach the day after his wedding. His father is an old army buddy of Matt Royal, and Matt tries to soften the anguish of his friend by finding his son's murderer. Matt's search takes on added complexity when there appears to be a link between this murder and three seemingly unrelated murders that occurred on board a dinner cruise on Sarasota Bay the same day.



Fortunately for Matt, his old buddies, Logan Hamilton and Jock Algren, show up to cover his back and to help investigate. But this case rekindles haunting events of Matt's past and incites a web of doubt, deception, and even suspicion, among the closest of friends.



When Longboat Key detective Jennifer Diane (J.D.) Duncan joins the investigation, Matt loses a little focus as he drifts toward more than just a professional relationship. Will this distraction cost lives when they encounter a shady and very dangerous cabal?



Perfect for fans of Robert Crais and John Sandford



While all of the novels in the Matt Royal Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:



Blood Island

Wyatt's Revenge

Bitter Legacy

Collateral Damage

Fatal Decree

Found

Chasing Justice

Mortal Dilemma

Vindication

Other editions - View all

About the author (2013)

H. Terrell Griffin, a former trial lawyer and soldier, is the award-winning and best-selling author of the Matt Royal Mystery Series set on the Florida Gulf Coast island of Longboat Key, and Vindication, set in The Villages of Central Florida. His novels have repeatedly been compared to John D. MacDonald for their setting, character, and style. Collateral Damage joins the Longboat Key series of Blood Island, Wyatt's Revenge, Bitter Legacy, Fatal Decree, Found, Chasing Justice, and Mortal Dilemma.