The Last Night in Manila: One night can change your life

By John J Mitchell

The Sofitel Lobby Bar is the place for Manila nightlife, and Annabelle is its most beloved bartender. The half-English beauty appeals to the locals, and the foreigners find her comfortably exotic. But she's much more than a pretty face with a quick wit. It's closing time at the lobby bar, so she invites her three last customers, all Americans, to join her at the rooftop bar to enjoy the panoramic view and their signature Makati Slings. When the elevator halts on the fourteenth floor (there is no thirteenth), they're the only occupants, and they find themselves at the mercy of a man in a black beret. Matabato, a foot soldier in the Filipino War on Drugs, barges into the elevator with his hairy-assed patrol dog and uncovers an unattended bag of shabu, the Filipino drug of choice. The war allows for the extrajudicial execution of suspected drug dealers, and Matabato has four, enough to restore the shine on his tarnished badge. But even the war has rules. If Annabelle, or just one of the Americans, steps up ... the others will live. If not, it will be the last night in Manila for all four of them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1790333156
• ISBN13: 9781790333158
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"