The Cayman Conspiracy

The year is 1989 and Joe LeRice, an expat Englishman has it all, a beautiful wife, a successful business and a peaceful life in the idyllic Cayman Islands. As he enjoys the fruits of his labor, he is disturbed to learn that the world of casino gambling has cast its eye on the country he now calls home. A consortium from Las Vegas visits Grand Cayman where gambling is illegal and Joe observes as the wheels of politics, lubricated by lust and cash, threaten to turn this tranquil place into yet another gambling Mecca. After witnessing the attempted suicide of a close family member who is involved in negotiations with the consortium, Joe suspects that they are ruthlessly determined to have their way at any cost. He goes to Vegas in a desperate attempt to hamper their efforts and on the way, he meets young Bobby, a streetwise hooker whose toughness becomes invaluable to Joe’s mission as he comes face to face with demons that almost destroyed him as a young man.

Born in Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic in 1965, the son of a doctor and a nurse, David Shibli is the second of four brothers. He attended boarding school in the rustic hills of Staffordshire until aged 19 when he went to the University of Bradford to study engineering. David has since worked as a Controls Engineer for the utility company in the Cayman Islands achieving several Microsoft certifications, such as MCSE, MCSA and MCDBA. In recent years, he has owned a retail computer business and now writes software and designs electronic control systems. David has three children, Josephine, David Jr. and Christina from a first marriage. He is now married to Osiris and they have one child, Daniela who was born in 2007. David is also a keen runner and annually competes in the Sheffield Half-Marathon.