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Synopsis
Book 1 in the Bill Dix Detective Series, Gray Ghost.
While on a fly fishing vacation to Andros Island, Bahamas, Miami Dade Police Department narcotics detectives Bill Dix and Steve Petersen discover their fishing guides were killed days before their arrival as a sudden blast of gunfire fractures the engines of their speedboat, Gray Ghost. Local gossip has it she went to the ocean floor with a hundred million dollars worth of cocaine in the hull.
Against their better judgment, the vacationing detectives are drawn into helping their island friends and end up smack dead in the middle of a complex and dangerous investigation...in another country. Dix uses the opportunity to teach Petersen how to run delicate operations, but Petersen's recent divorce has him uninterested and grumpy making a challenging situation even worse.
Leads in Miami and the Bahamas help the detectives sniff out a diabolical plot of a man known only as the 'Caller'...he continues to be steps ahead of the stumbling detectives and enjoying every minute of it. One constant question bothers Dix, who can be trusted? Several chance encounters between Dix and the Caller makes the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up. Does Dix figure it out before it's too late or does the Caller slip away again as the red-tape and multiple participating agencies botch up the investigation?**Book two in the Bill Dix series, Collectors, is available for pre-orders now and will be released on August 19, 2014.
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From the Author
Hey folks,
Gray Ghost was an amazing journey for me in my life. It started almost fifteen years ago when I was working at a fly fishing store in the San Francisco Bay Area. I sold enough trips to a resort lodge in Andros, Bahamas, that I was allowed to go on the trip! While flying into the tiny airstrip the story of Gray Ghost began to develop. I noticed several downed planes, most of which were picked clean of their contents. That was interesting to me so I began talking to the locals about the planes. It turns out most (ok all) were related to narcotic smuggling. I talked to locals, the police, lodge owner, fishing guides, anyone I could to learn about the mystery of the Bahamas. Fast forward eight years later and I was pushing a patrol car trying to make narcotic arrests so I could get promoted to a narcotic task force. It worked, and I instantly got hooked. My memories from the Bahamas and the narcotic cases I was working resulted in the plot and concept of Gray Ghost. I wrote the book into the wee hours of the morning, and it took about three years to get it done...or so I thought! I pitched the book to hundreds of publishers and got rejected. However, some editors or publishers would give me tid-bits of feedback, which I used to re-tool the manuscript. I also interviewed members of the Coast Guard, Miami-Dade PD, California Department of Motor Vehicles, and other key folks that would be blended into my story. Then I was very fortunate. I sent a query letter to Sunny Frazier, who at the time was the acquisitions editor for Oak Tree Press. Lucky for me, she also was a retired office manager for a narcotic task force. She asked me to send her the first twenty pages and she liked it. From there, I worked on the manuscript, at one point re-writing it in a week, then finally met with the publisher. A few more months went by and I was offered a contract for Gray Ghost. Gray Ghost was edited and re-written three more times before seeing print. It was a very challenging time for me, but, I was determined to make my dream come true. I've learned a ton about the business, and I strive to write better each day. The second book in the Bill Dix series, Collectors, is now available for pre-order and will be released on AUGUST 19, 2014! I hope you enjoy Gray Ghost as much as I did writing it. C.L.Swinney
About the Author
C. L. (Chris) Swinney is a narcotics investigator in the San Francisco Bay area. He has investigated hundreds of narcotics, homicide, gang, and Mexico cartel cases along the west coast of the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Swinney has been invited to speak at law enforcement conferences throughout the United States and is recognized as an expert in narcotics, homicides, and cell phone forensics. Swinney developed the concept for the first book in his Bill Dix series, Gray Ghost, while fly fishing in the Bahamas. His passion for the outdoors and law enforcement is intertwined throughout his writing. The world of narcotics is dark and mysterious. Swinney pulls the reader into this fascinating world in his debut novel.
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- PublisherDark Oak Mysteries
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1610091078
- ISBN 13 9781610091077
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages196
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