Nancy Bartholomew

First in the Sierra Lavotini series, in which Sierra, an exotic dancer in a Florida club, seeks to help her friend Denise, a bartender at the same club. First Denise’s dog is kidnapped, then they find a dead body in Denise’s apartment and someone’s shooting at Sierra and Denise as well. When Denise vanishes, the cops think she’s taken off, but Sierra is worried that Denise’s drug-lord ex husband has done away with her and sets out to find her on her own. An okay book, nothing special, and while it was interesting and with a few likable characters, it’s not a series I’ll rush to read more of.… (meer)