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Mike Black, a semi‑retired chef running a restaurant on the Bahamian island of Black’s Paradise, enjoys a quiet life with his wife Cassandra "Shy" Black. The peace is broken when his old friend Nick Simmons arrives, and a violent shootout ensues. Following the attack, Shy is abducted by South American drug dealers and taken to New York. Forced to confront the conspiracy behind the kidnapping, Mike must wrestle with a hostile takeover of his business while unraveling a linked murder. As he delves deeper, he discovers that the same criminal mastermind orchestrated both crimes, forcing him to risk everything to bring his wife home and expose the truth.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Suspense/Action Suspense
Authors: Roy Glenn
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