The Cellini Payback (The John Lock Files)

By Gary Stull

When an off-duty visit to a quaint Bavarian town nearly claims his life, cruise ship detective John Lochinvar (Lock) must reexamine his past. Someone wants him dead. While his life reads like a Shakespearean tragedy - a failed marriage, a tryst with a younger woman who's a dead ringer for the ex-wife, a grown daughter who schemes to reunite her parents, and a taste for alcohol of Dionysian proportions - nothing points to murder.Beset by doubt and pursued by killers, Lock returns to duty on the Morning Star - a floating world of low-cut gowns and silk tuxedos, five course dinners and Cuban cigars, topless bathers and nave tourists - a self-indulgent world where nothing is what it seems. In his one-week absence, credit card thieves have targeted the ship's most affluent passengers in a scheme so well-conceived it could ruin the PanHellenic Line.Self-absorbed and always glib, Lock defends his life as he struggles to save the ship from the insidious plot. He turns for help to his former investigative partner and lover, the stunning Rachel McKean. Wherever the trail leads - from picturesque Germany to historic Rome, from sun-drenched Capri to mobbed-up Le Spezia, from remote Brindizi to cash-starved Athens -- Lock must follow as he battles personal demons, professional killers, and an unexpected traitor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150063770X
• ISBN13: 9781500637705
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.0"