Name: A Kiss Gone Bad
ISBN: 9780451410108

Jeff Abbott

Judge Whit Mosley is called in when the estranged son of a senator turns up dead on a yacht in the Gulf Coast town of Port Leo, Texas, and finds himself taking on political power-brokers and a ruthless gang of criminals as he and Detective Claudia Salazar investigate the case. Original.

A Kiss Gone Bad

Peggy Walker

This was the first in a series of novels about Judge Whit Mosely, someone who was appointed to fill out another man's term because it would give him something to do. Whit is a very likeable character that is way over his head. The story was well told, and I'll be sure to seek out other books by Jeff Abbott.