AJ Basinski
ASIN: B00U35Z7CS
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 250
This suspense/thriller is set on a Caribbean cruise ship and Miami's Little Havana. Over 20 million people cruise each year. In recent years, over 150 people have disappeared from cruises. "Dead in the Water" traces the disappearance of one of those missing persons. A young bride on her honeymoon, she seems to disappear into thin air aboard the flagship of the Mariner cruise line, the Mardi Gras. The head of security aboard the Mardi Gras, Lieutenant Mario Morales, a former LAPD homicide detective investigates and unravels a mysterious plot involving drug smuggling by the Chinese and a lawyer more interested in money than upholding the law. Suspects in connection with her disappearance include the new bride's husband and her a employer, a wealthy automobile dealer with a shady past. With help from his deputy, Sergeant Virginia Boudreaux and a newspaper reporter, Ken Hendricks. ...