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 News from Around Banderas Bay | January 2008 
Novel by Yelapa Author Nominated for Agatha
 PVNN
Puerto Vallarta - Paradise Marred, the latest mystery novel by local author Robert Hardin, has been nominated for an "Agatha" award. The Agatha is awarded for the best classic mystery of the year as voted by members of the mystery fan readers group, Malice Domestic.
The novel, released in July of 2007, tells the story of top-flight criminal attorney, David Armstrong, who takes on the case of a man kidnapped from Mexico by the FBI and returned to San Francisco to stand trial for the murder of his wife nine years earlier.
While David rails in court against the FBI's illegal actions, his lover, U.S. Senator Felicia Bates-Baxter, attacks the President and his Administration for the usurpation of our civil rights in the wake of 9/11.
When asked why he chose to include current politics in his latest plot, Robert Hardin said, "I don't think I could've avoided the issue. With David being a protector of our Constitutional guarantees, and Felicia being a liberal senator, it was natural for them to confront the two wars the Bush Administration is waging-the ill-fated one in Iraq; the other, an assault against the liberties of every American citizen."
Hardin and his wife plan to attend the Malice Domestic convention in Washington DC in April where the final vote will be taken and the coveted prize will be awarded.
Paradise Marred is Hardin's fifth novel in the David Armstrong courtroom thriller series. The first two were published in the 70's and are out of print, though Amateur Hour is available used from Amazon. Federal Offense (ISBN 1424109345) and Imperfect Crimes (ISBN 1424150736) were published last year, and are also available at Amazon.
Paradise Marred is also available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble Bookstores, and is now available at A PAGE IN THE SUN on Olas Altas in Puerto Vallarta.
 Kathryn and Robert Hardin moved from northern California in January 2005 to a beach house in Yelapa where they live year-round with their two black cats, a canary and a tiny finch. They have no second home in the U.S. and are proud to say "there is no storage." Yelapa is their home and they have never been happier. |
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