Operation Masquerade

Operation Masquerade: A Rent Beachum Mystery

Novel by Larry M. Edwards

Reviewed by Pennell Paugh

November 28, 2025 (San Diego) -- Larry Edwards, a San Diego resident, has written another Rent Beachum mystery. San Diego journalist Rent receives information about a cold-case homicide in Washington State. His investigation leads him to investigate links between illegal disposal of hazardous waste from a San Diego boatyard in 1995 to corruption involving geothermal energy, and lithium extraction.


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