# Coming in Hot

By Deany Ray · Piper Harris, book 1

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/coming-in-hot-797b9de4/

Former Oregon bikers Piper Harris and her grandmother move into a Florida retirement community under witness protection. Their new town is called Bitter End, which does little to reassure them. When a body turns up in a neighbor’s front yard, the pair get involved and risk drawing the attention they moved there to avoid.

## What makes it funny?

Retirement village camouflage starts at ground level. Piper can’t get the hang of flip-flops, and Gran would sooner stick with her biker boots. That gives you an idea of how naturally the two take to blending in.

### The comedy at work

Piper and Gran are supposed to spend their new lives keeping their heads down. Ray pairs them with the one problem they’re least likely to leave alone, so their appetite for a little excitement keeps putting their cover at risk.

### Try this if…

This is a cozy mystery for readers who like the people doing the sleuthing to be part of the trouble. Piper has a partner in her grandmother, and a Florida retirement village is an unlikely place for either of them to practice respectability.

### Good to know

Piper and Gran are hiding from the motorcycle gang they testified against. That threat gives their efforts to stay anonymous real stakes, even when the trouble at hand involves flip-flops. An attractive private investigator also turns up.

## What to expect

- Genre: Mystery
- On the shelf: Amateur sleuth · Cozy mystery
- Kind of humor: Situational comedy
- The atmosphere: Irreverent
- Audience: Adult
- Format: Novel

## A few distinguishing details

- Two ex-bikers hiding out in a Florida retirement village
- Gran insists on keeping her biker boots

## Sources & further reading

- Author commentary: [Author’s book page](https://store.deanyray.com/products/coming-in-hot-a-piper-harris-mystery-volume-1)
- Review: [Moonlight Musings review](https://marionmarchetto.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/coming-in-hot-by-deany-ray-book-review)