Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diver’s Paradise | 2020 | Davin Goodwin | Buy |
| 2 | Paradise Cove | 2022 | Davin Goodwin | Buy |
The Roscoe Conklin Mystery series is set on Bonaire, a small Caribbean island in the southern Netherlands Antilles. After 25 years as a police detective, Roscoe Conklin retires to the island for a quieter life of diving and warm weather. That plan falls apart quickly. In Diver’s Paradise (2020), Conklin’s former police partner back home is murdered, dragging him into an investigation from thousands of miles away. In Paradise Cove (2022), a human leg washes ashore on the island and turns out to belong to the nephew of one of Conklin’s close friends.
Author Davin Goodwin brings an insider’s knowledge of Bonaire to the series, having visited the island dozens of times as an avid scuba diver. The books blend the procedural instincts of a retired cop with the laid-back island setting, creating mysteries where the tropical backdrop contrasts sharply with the violence that disrupts it.