A Review of Mexico's Hidden Gold
A Cleverly Imagined and Fast-Moving Tale, March 30,
2007 By Michael C. Tighe "Bookbinger" (Glide, Oregon) - See all my
reviews
I met R. D. Lyons at a writers' conference in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico, where he makes his home, and bought a copy of his cleverly
imagined novel, "Mexico's Hidden Gold."
Building on the historical speculation of a fortune in government
gold stolen in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution and allegedly
buried in the hills above Puerto Vallarta, Lyons turns a gang of
laid-back gringos living in the rustic seaside village of Yelapa into
fortune hunters as he spins his fast-moving tale.
John Kylie, well-heeled and on the run from a corporate stock scam in
the States, throws in with a retired Army officer, Edgar Allen, called
Raven, in search of the rumored gold. Two intriguing love interests, the
forthright and open Pricilla and the mysterious, "honey-hued" Malin
compete for Kylie's attention, but he is more interested in pursuing the
hidden gold than seeking their attentions. Raven's young friend, Tommy,
an altruistic dropout doctor of medicine, turns up dead, complicating
the search.
The evil Colonel Marquez and his lieutenant have killed
Don Chuy, the
last known link to Pancho Villa and the theft of the nation's treasury.
They are suspected in Tommy's murder and are breathing down the necks of
the hapless fortune hunters from Yelapa's beaches -- and can it be that
the beautiful and mysterious Malin has thrown in with the Colonel?
Lyons brings it all to a satisfying conclusion and along the way
treats the reader to some wonderful scenic descriptions of one of the
world's prettiest places and plenty of intrigue to tickle that
avaricious yearning buried deep in all of us.