Book Review: Finding Devo: A Novel Adventure By Seve Verdad

Print Length: 585 pages
 Publisher: Devo's Diversiones, Inc. (December 9, 2013)

 “Finding Devo” has everything. If you like reading novels about or centered in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta in this case), you’ll love the intrigue, the corruption, the smart way this book was written.  Russell Martel is a reporter wrongfully arrested, tortured, and pursued after escape after a terrorist bombing devastates a major hotel in this city of beautiful sunsets and tourists.

 There’s a war between two opposing forces in the world and some of that war smatters on PV. There is a redux of Viet Nam on our borders, too, and this book may be a wake-up for some. The book is filled with great writing and great characters. I love some of these metaphors:

• Brenda wrapped herself around me with the comfort of a cashmere sweater.
• A clean shot glass shouted at me from under the bar like a guy hailing a cab.
• …and a dimpled smile easy as an endless summer day,…

The book claims the author’s whereabouts is unknown and uses “Seve Verdad” as a pen name. He writes to bring attention to his plight. Seve Verdad could mean harsh truth in Spanish.