LAKE EFFECT

A Christmastime carjacking plunges two small children into the icy waters of Lake Erie. Private investigator Joe Banks becomes part of the case when the insurance company holding a considerable policy on the children begins looking into the matter and asks for his help. When Banks starts asking questions of the victims’ family, the Dellaplantes, he uncovers a family torn apart by jealousy and greed. And the cold, hard truth lies buried beneath an avalanche of lies. Titled for the volatile, unpredictable snowstorm of deception created for those intent on solving the case, Lake Effect explores the lengths to which a man will go to protect everything and everyone he holds dear.  

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KEY LIME SQUEEZE 

Key Lime Squeeze follows Buffalo P.I. JOE as he tracks runaway husband and insurance executive, ROBERT BOOTHBY, all the way to Key West. But this is no ordinary midlife crisis victim, because he runs away with the money he helped his criminal in-laws steal from his own company, and Banks finds himself saddled with the family’s enforcer for a traveling companion. They soon discover they aren’t the only ones looking for Boothby, leading to a confrontation with Banks’ old mentor-turned-mercenary who is looking not only to recover the stolen money, but also to blackmail the Cantolinos at the same time. The job becomes a game of cat and mouse with the Cantolino crime family, as allies become enemies, and enemies turn to allies, with help coming from a most surprising source. Even the police can’t be trusted when there’s so much money at stake. The story twists and turns to the very end, as Banks discovers who to trust, and who’s in on the squeeze.

Soon to be released by Enspiren Press 2008