The Second Chance Motel: A Novel of Unbelievable Crimes and Syndication

By James Harvest

Some second chances come with a body count

On a forgotten stretch of Florida coast, The Second Chance Motel is a decaying monument to bad decisions and faded dreams. Its flickering neon sign promises refuge, but for those who cross its threshold, it delivers a deadly convergence of past sins and present danger.

When a brutal hurricane isolates the motel, it traps a handful of strangers with nothing in common but a shared connection to an unimaginable crime: A retired detective haunted by the unsolved murder of his partner twenty-five years earlier.A mysterious Russian bookkeeper hiding from a past that has just arrived with a gun.A slick British journalist chasing a story that is about to burn the world down.A French operative on a personal mission to uncover a truth that destroyed her family.
They are strangers, enemies, and pawns in a game they don't understand. But they are all that stands between a shadowy syndicate and its ultimate goal: absolute control.

Because decades ago, in Room 109, a revolutionary encryption algorithm was stolen-a digital skeleton key that unlocked every secret, every system, every life on the planet. Now, the creator of this monstrous tool must silence the last loose ends to protect the empire of blackmail and power he built upon it.

Trapped by the storm and hunted by a team of ruthless enforcers, these four unlikely allies must unravel a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of global power. To survive the night, they must expose the unbelievable crime at the heart of it all. But in a world where truth is a commodity and privacy is a myth, revealing the secret might be the last thing they ever do.

A propulsive, multi-layered thriller for fans of The Night Fire, The Terminal List, and Reacher. The Second Chance Motel masterfully blends the gritty tension of a crime novel with the high-stakes intrigue of a global espionage thriller, asking a terrifying question: In the digital age, can anyone ever truly outrun their past?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FR2T4GQQ
• ISBN13: 9798265160058
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"