Book description
Its tough being a small-time hustler in Key West, FL. When this hustler
is being beaten by a cop, John Deal steps in to stop it, but it is only
a temporary rescue: the hustler turns up dead only two days later. The
cops are claiming ignorance and the locals arent saying a word. Could
the dead man be somehow connected to a seventy-year-old tale of piracy,
murder, and greed? No one knows what really happened on that storm-swept
night. But something about the legend and the recent murder are haunting
John Deal to the bone. Les Standiford is the bestselling author of
twenty books and novels, including the John Deal mystery series, and the
works of narrative history “The Man Who Invented Christmas”, a “New York
Times” Editor's Choice, and “Last Train to Paradise”. He is the director
of the creative writing program at Florida International University in
Miami, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, a psychotherapist and
artist.
