02058cam a2200325 4500 758767970 TxAuBib 20130114120000.0 130227s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013001051 9780451239853 hardback $23.95 0451239857 hardback $23.95 (OCoLC)795168607 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA WIM OCLCO IEB TxGR TxAuBib Viets, Elaine, 1950- Board stiff [Book] / Elaine Viets. New York : Obsidian, [2013] ix, 272 pages ; 22 cm. dead-end job mystery, A ; 12 "An Obsidian mystery.". "There's a dark cloud over Sunny Jim's Safety First Parasailing and Stand-Up Paddleboarding business on Florida's Riggs Beach--especially after one of his clients is killed in a tragic paddleboarding mishap. Sunny Jim is sure it was no accident, and he hires Helen and Phil to find the murderer. Between cutthroat competitors poaching his territory, the city threatening to revoke his license, a restaurant owner wanting his beach spot for a parking lot, and a wrongful death suit filed by the victim's husband, Sunny Jim may soon be up the creek without a paddle. But he does have Helen and Phil on his side, and as the couple start to investigate, they discover dark undercurrents of corruption behind the cheerful facades of the beachfront businesses, as well as domestic secrets. But the sands of time are running out, and if they don't catch the killer soon, Sunny Jim won't be the only one to go under..."-- Provided by publisher. 20130114. Hawthorne, Helen (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women detectives Fiction. Local government Corrupt practices Florida Fiction. Florida Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. A dead-end job mystery ; 12. RV8