`Bitter End' by Christine Kling; `Faithless' by Karin Slaughter; `This Enemy Town' by Marcia Talley.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Oline H. Cogdill

SLEUTHING AS A METAPHOR FOR LIFE

``Bitter End'' by Christine Kling; Ballantine Books ($24.95)

The vagaries of South Florida waterways from its bends to its shallows need an expert captain such as South Florida author Christine Kling. In her third novel, Kling once again skillfully navigates Florida waters as well as its more treacherous shoals _ the ambitious and greedy.

In ``Bitter End,'' Kling deepens both her vivid descriptions of Florida and the insights into characters established in her previous two mysteries. Kling takes another giant step in her saga about a tugboat captain whose sleuthing is a metaphor for her life's journey.

Captain Seychelle Sullivan is on her way to a job when she witnesses the murder of gambling tycoon Nick Pontus on his yacht. Pontus is well known to South Floridians...

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