The Elusive Lem: A Rags to Riches Story

By Mr Jay P Willis

The Elusive Lem (A Rags to Riches Story) Lem grows up fast in a poor environment. He hustles to earn money and graduates from college at 22 years old. He joins the Navy, completes Aviation Officer Candidate School, and becomes a carrier-based jet pilot. He earns a reputation of being a good stick and is rewarded with great assignments. He quickly moves up the ranks. His postings take him all over the world and he falls in love with the daughter of a notorious English con artist. They get married and while he attends the British War College in the UK his mother-in-law commits a 5 million bank fraud. She shares her wealth with her kids and frolics all over the world using her good looks and charm to manipulate wealthy men. Lem and his wife were living on a military outpost in the Pacific when a major earthquake devastated the island. His wife and kids were fed up with the living conditions after the quake and temporarily moved to Singapore. During their absence, Lem gets caught having an affair and is removed from command. He conceals his demotion from his wife and they reunite in SoCal where he retires from the Navy, and buys a Gulfstream G300, He starts a one-plane private air service from SoCal to Cancun, the Caymans. and other Caribbean locations. When his G300 requires a costly overhaul, he concocts a scheme to get paid for smuggling 2000 kilos of cocaine into the U.S. He intentionally crash-lands his plane in the Mojave desert, and his crew moves the coke before the authorities arrive. He tells the authorities that he was kidnapped and forced to fly to unknown locations by armed assailants. He moved his wife to an undisclosed location while he endured multiple investigations by the NTSB, FAA, FBI, and DEA. No drugs were ever recovered and when the investigation closed he left the U.S. and rejoins his wife and kids with a 4 million bankroll.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D756QLDL
• ISBN13: 9798325059254
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 307 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"